[sage-support] Re: gap packages usable in "sage -gap", but not in "gap()"

2009-08-30 Thread Simon King
Hi! On Aug 30, 5:10 pm, William Stein wrote: [...] > It might be worth adding a little > message to gap_console() saying "something missing?  Maybe try running > gap_reset_workspace() first." I wouldn't like to see such message whenever gap_console() is starting, and moreover the problem also a

[sage-support] Re: gap packages usable in "sage -gap", but not in "gap()"

2009-08-30 Thread William Stein
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Simon King wrote: > > On Aug 30, 4:48 pm, William Stein wrote: > > if that works then we have some sort of bug in the optional spkg, since > it > > should have done that. > > PS: > I don't know if it is a bug in the optional spkg, because David Green > did not in

[sage-support] Re: gap packages usable in "sage -gap", but not in "gap()"

2009-08-30 Thread Simon King
On Aug 30, 4:48 pm, William Stein wrote: > if that works then we have some sort of bug in the optional spkg, since it > should have done that. PS: I don't know if it is a bug in the optional spkg, because David Green did not install it via "database_gap", but manually, directly in "sage -gap".

[sage-support] Re: gap packages usable in "sage -gap", but not in "gap()"

2009-08-30 Thread Simon King
Hi William, On Aug 30, 4:48 pm, William Stein wrote: > Try doing: > > sage: gap_reset_workspace() > > if that works then we have some sort of bug in the optional spkg, since it > should have done that. It did work (after restarting sage)! So, it is a bug? It occurred in sage 4.1, built from so

[sage-support] Re: gap packages usable in "sage -gap", but not in "gap()"

2009-08-30 Thread William Stein
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Simon King wrote: > > Hi! > > My former boss in Jena installed the most recent version of the > SmallGroups library in gap, which on this machine is identical with > "sage -gap". > > Now, starting sage -gap, the following works: > gap> NumberSmallGroups(2187); >