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Bug #698

Emacs UI: problems with packages on windows

Added by Anna Maria Bigatti almost 9 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Anna Maria Bigatti
Category:
EmacsUI
Target version:
CoCoA-5.1.3/4 Jan 2016
Start date:
12 May 2015
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
2.00 h
Spent time:
1.60 h

Description

The recent installation of CoCoA for the Computer Algebra course in Genoa showed a problem on Windows in finding packages.

Related issues

Related to CoCoA-5 - Bug #699: Emacs UI: set back "cocoa5-executable" to "CoCoAInterpreter"?Rejected2015-05-12

History

#1 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti almost 9 years ago

  • % Done changed from 10 to 30
  • Estimated time set to 2.00 h

The problem was solved and tested on a student's computer.
It is enough to add one line in the file <cocoadir>/emacs/cocoa5.el (this is a text file, so can be modified with any text-editor)
add:

             "--packageDir"  cocoa5-packages

before line 1279:
             "--prompt"      cocoa5-prompt

#2 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti almost 9 years ago

  • Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 30 to 70

John Abbott wrote:
From issue #699:

<quote>
JAA notes that Emacs lisp has the built-in variable system-type which gives information about which OS is running. This could be used to pass the --packageDir parameter only on Microsoft systems.
</quote>

ok, I used it and it works as it should on my mac, E.Palezzato's linux, and on our virtual windows.
Need more Windows guinea-pigs...

#3 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti over 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Resolved to Feedback
  • % Done changed from 70 to 90

#4 Updated by John Abbott about 8 years ago

Can we close this issue?

#5 Updated by Anna Maria Bigatti about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Feedback to Closed
  • Target version changed from CoCoA-5.1.2 summer 2015 to CoCoA-5.1.3/4 Jan 2016
  • % Done changed from 90 to 100

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