[sage-support] Re: calling a C program in sage with terminal output

2008-10-16 Thread Jason Grout
David Philp wrote: > > On 17/10/2008, at 10:51 AM, David Joyner wrote: > >> Hi: >> >> I want to call a C program in Sage which is included with Sage >> (wtdist). >> What is the easiest way to do this? The line I'd like to execute >> looks like >> >> wtdist filename::code > output.txt > > ou

[sage-support] Re: calling a C program in sage with terminal output

2008-10-16 Thread David Philp
On 17/10/2008, at 10:51 AM, David Joyner wrote: > > Hi: > > I want to call a C program in Sage which is included with Sage > (wtdist). > What is the easiest way to do this? The line I'd like to execute > looks like > > wtdist filename::code > output.txt output_txt = os.popen('wtdist filenam

[sage-support] Re: Sage public notebook servers

2008-10-16 Thread pong
Yes, it will be nice to bypass the login process. Hum... should people be able to download (not upload) their worksheets onto their local machines? I guess it won't post any security threats, right? On Oct 16, 10:11 am, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Bradshaw wrote: > > On Oct 1

[sage-support] calling a C program in sage with terminal output

2008-10-16 Thread David Joyner
Hi: I want to call a C program in Sage which is included with Sage (wtdist). What is the easiest way to do this? The line I'd like to execute looks like wtdist filename::code > output.txt (Then I'll use python to parse the file output.txt. ) I'm guessing there is a one-liner. Also, what is the

[sage-support] Re: german keybord in vmware image

2008-10-16 Thread Burcin Erocal
On 16 Oct 2008 20:21:55 +0200 Martin Rubey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Some of my students complain that the vmware image of sage seems to > use english keyboard. Is there a way to configure this? > > (I do not own a windows machine, so I cannot try it...) As far as I know the vmware image

[sage-support] german keybord in vmware image

2008-10-16 Thread Martin Rubey
Some of my students complain that the vmware image of sage seems to use english keyboard. Is there a way to configure this? (I do not own a windows machine, so I cannot try it...) Martin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@go

[sage-support] Re: Sage public notebook servers

2008-10-16 Thread Jason Grout
Robert Bradshaw wrote: > On Oct 16, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Jason Grout wrote: > >> Creating accounts makes a barrier to entry, but it also makes it so >> that >> people don't mess with other people's worksheets (i.e., if I'm playing >> with Sage, someone else won't come in and start changing my work

[sage-support] Re: Sage public notebook servers

2008-10-16 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Oct 16, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Jason Grout wrote: > Creating accounts makes a barrier to entry, but it also makes it so > that > people don't mess with other people's worksheets (i.e., if I'm playing > with Sage, someone else won't come in and start changing my worksheet > around under me). So I

[sage-support] Re: Sage public notebook servers

2008-10-16 Thread Jason Grout
Robert Bradshaw wrote: > On Oct 16, 2008, at 2:21 AM, Harald Schilly wrote: > >> On Oct 16, 1:55 am, Dan Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> runs `kill -9' on the guest -- which >>> is about the same as pulling the plug -- ... >> Uhm, since virtual box has a python scripting interface, a more hu

[sage-support] Re: Sage public notebook servers

2008-10-16 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Oct 16, 2008, at 2:21 AM, Harald Schilly wrote: > On Oct 16, 1:55 am, Dan Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> runs `kill -9' on the guest -- which >> is about the same as pulling the plug -- ... > > Uhm, since virtual box has a python scripting interface, a more humane > reset to snapshot func

[sage-support] Interesting: Sage the ultimate scientific computing environment?

2008-10-16 Thread Hazem
Dear all, I thought you might be interested in this comment thread, where the original poster asks about the programing language best suited for scientific computing: http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2720#comment-40752 After a discussion, the original poster points to a combination of Sage/

[sage-support] Re: Final Sage 3.1.3 sources are out

2008-10-16 Thread mabshoff
Note that a critical bug when using init.sage has been fixed in Sage 3.1.4 available in http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/mabshoff/release-cycles-3.1.4/ Upgrades are not yet working and binaries are being build. Cheers, Michael --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To pos

[sage-support] bug in plot ('e' becomes undefined)

2008-10-16 Thread Stan Schymanski
Dear all, For some strange reason plot loses its understanding of the system variable 'e' if I try to plot an exponential function and do a .subs(locals()) within the plot command. The meaning of 'e' is not modified in the name space, but its value becomes unavailable to plot only. See below for

[sage-support] Re: Sage public notebook servers

2008-10-16 Thread Harald Schilly
On Oct 16, 1:55 am, Dan Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > runs `kill -9' on the guest -- which > is about the same as pulling the plug -- ... Uhm, since virtual box has a python scripting interface, a more humane reset to snapshot functionality could be possible :) But how are the accounts man

[sage-support] substituting nested variable definitions

2008-10-16 Thread Stan Schymanski
Dear all, I have learned to substitute variables into equations using .subs(locals()) or .subs(globals()). However, if variables are defined in a nested way, this has to be done again and again. Is there a command to substitute all variables into each other? Here is an example: sage: var ('a b c

[sage-support] Re: displaying documentation

2008-10-16 Thread Stan Schymanski
William Stein wrote: > Stan, it wasn't stupid of you. In fact, I forwarded your message > to Fernando Perez (author of Ipython), and he's adding your > "mistake" as a feature to Ipython in the future. > > It was stupid, because I knew I couldn't do it and did it anyway without even noticing.