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08 May 2024

16:56 Support #1603 (Rejected): Unhelpful behaviour in "compatibility mode": double error mesg

John Abbott wrote:
> I'm still with *won't fix* because we have far more important things to do with our time.
> Re... Anna Maria Bigatti

16:53 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon

I don't mind the current message, but also... Anna Maria Bigatti

16:49 Support #1566 (Closed): What does rad do?

John Abbott wrote:
> There is no *@rad@* function in the current version of CoCoA-5.
> Close?
yes, it was a temp... Anna Maria Bigatti

05 May 2024

21:01 Support #1603: Unhelpful behaviour in "compatibility mode": double error mesg

I'm still with *won't fix* because we have far more important things to do with our time.
Reject?
John Abbott

20:57 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon

It does seem to be hard to find a better prompt without it become too long (and possibly still not covering all cases... John Abbott

20:53 Support #1566: What does rad do?

There is no *@rad@* function in the current version of CoCoA-5.
Close?
John Abbott

20:49 Slug #1760 (Closed): Quitting can be slow

This has been done for some time. I'm happy enough with the behaviour... no-one else has complained. So closing.
John Abbott

20:44 Feature #97: OpenOFile

This issue was opened 12 years ago. Have there been any complaints in that time about the differing behaviour?
Ma... John Abbott

20:17 Design #1508: Initial ring

This issue has been dormant for too long. Here is what I now think:
* the initial ring should have a longer name, I... John Abbott

19:53 Design #1496: Use "special" names for variables inside tests

I originally created this issue, which superficially seems reasonable.
But now I no longer recall exactly which name... John Abbott

19:45 Bug #1746: ManExamples target: need t reset VerbosityLevel

The Control-M character seems to appear where a printed line has had a prefix elided.
It is not serious, but I wou... John Abbott

19:42 Design #610: Variable It: assign before or after printing

I am testing the behaviour by computing a large cyclotomic polynomial (without assigning it). Then compute @1+2@ wit... John Abbott

19:39 Design #610 (Resolved): Variable It: assign before or after printing

I believe that the relevant spurce code is around @Interpreter.C:4187@ The line I mean is... John Abbott

19:15 Bug #1708: Linux: just 1 executable, should be 2 (with & without readline)

Have we made any progress with this?
Maybe it suffices to make a few small changes to the scripts which make the rel... John Abbott

19:12 Bug #1634 (In Progress): Unexpected or unhelpful error using GroebnerFanIdeals

This specific problem does not arise on a platform with 64-bit @long@; though no doubt a larger example would eventua... John Abbott

19:03 Bug #1435: Disable readline if input is redirected

Here are some possibly useful links:
* *@https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5156675/how-to-use-isatty-on-cout-or-ca... John Abbott

18:54 Bug #727 (In Progress): Emacs UI: send-file (C-c C-f) should check if buffer and file are synchronized

Here are some potentially useful links:
* *@https://superuser.com/questions/712237/safely-reload-files-which-are-cha... John Abbott

19 Apr 2024

22:10 Bug #1794 (Resolved): Strange bug: demo-Osaka2015

@random@ is called harmlessly in @exbugs.cocoa5@.
We should check *@ErrMesg.cocoa5@* and *@test-ApproxSolve.cocoa5@*... John Abbott

17:10 Design #1709 (Closed): Test tut-CoCoLA2

John Abbott

12 Apr 2024

19:08 Design #1709: Test tut-CoCoLA2

I have just checked-in the changes. They should be in the next "internal" release. Hope to resolve #1814 before mak... John Abbott