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From 29 Aug 2014 to 27 Sep 2014
25 Sep 2014
- 14:35 Support #629: Windows-GUI: compilation with MinGW
- == Download and unpack Boost 1.56
http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.56.0/
start bootstrap.bat g... - 13:44 Support #629: Windows-GUI: compilation with MinGW
- == Download and unpack GMP 6.0.0a
https://gmplib.org/download/gmp/gmp-6.0.0a.tar.lz
(might need to install zlib... - 13:43 Support #629: Windows-GUI: compilation with MinGW
- (Following and updating Jan Limbeck's notes)
== Download QT 5.3.2 32 Bit with MinGW compiler
http://download.qt-... - 11:13 Support #629 (In Progress): Windows-GUI: compilation with MinGW
- Instructions on how to compile with MinGW (including GUI)
17 Sep 2014
- 17:27 Bug #612: The C5 gui does not exit properly when using the exit menu entry
- This is a known bug. We had looked for it ages ago (obviously without success).
The bug appears to be "minor" in ... - 13:11 Feature #626 (New): Output Betti numbers
- Taken from an email of 20140709:...
15 Sep 2014
- 18:06 Support #605 (Closed): Release: CoCoA-5.1.1
- 18:06 Support #605: Release: CoCoA-5.1.1
- Compilation of GUI for windows by Jan Limbeck (thanks!)
tested, worked, published!
all done now
12 Sep 2014
- 17:29 Support #605 (Resolved): Release: CoCoA-5.1.1
- 10:43 Feature #622: New function: RandomSubset
- done. still missing: documentation, tests.
Would it be useful in CoCoALib? maybe just a random subset of 1..n? - 10:38 Feature #622 (Closed): New function: RandomSubset
- Sometimes "all subsets" are far too many (compute how many! ;-) to fit into memory.
So checking a property on a suit...
11 Sep 2014
- 17:51 Bug #519: GUI: fix DEFINES in makefile
- Anna has asked Limbeck to attempt compilation -- waiting for his feedback.
- 17:49 Support #605: Release: CoCoA-5.1.1
- Missing C5 GUI for linux (will probably not happen -- too many problems with QT).
Missing C5 GUI for Microsoft (hopi... - 17:43 Feature #484 (Closed): Evaluate in other ring (was called :: in CoCoA-4)
- 17:42 Feature #270 (Closed): Distribution for linux
- 17:40 Support #541 (Closed): Unify releases for Linux 32 and Linux 64
- 17:40 Feature #245 (Closed): Meaningful error for functions defined in "missing" external library
- 17:39 Feature #204 (Closed): NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- 17:38 Bug #104 (Closed): Misprints suggestions: Z --> ZZ
08 Sep 2014
- 12:46 Support #605: Release: CoCoA-5.1.1
- Done for macos > 10.6 and for linux 64bit
05 Sep 2014
- 16:54 Support #616 (Closed): Release: CoCoA-5.1.2
- Everything for the release
<check version number for CoCoALib release>
<cvs checkout in snapshot dir>
cd <snap... - 16:14 Bug #104 (Feedback): Misprints suggestions: Z --> ZZ
- After a last look at the code I agreed with John's choice (2) in mesg 1: just to add the very special cases for "Z" a...
- 11:51 Design #294 (Closed): BuiltInFunctions: General "OneLiner" for arguments of different type
- Documented in
http://cocoa.dima.unige.it/cocoalib/doc/html/BuiltInFunctions.html
and in ICMS slides
https://www.rese... - 11:43 Design #307 (Closed): Value::from makes BigIntValue::fromInt obsolete?
- 11:38 Support #456 (Closed): CoCoAManual: New structure for manual?
- 11:20 Feature #615 (Closed): Resume MayerVietorisTreeN1
- Done
- 11:19 Feature #615 (Closed): Resume MayerVietorisTreeN1
- Add MayerVietorisTreeN1 to CoCoA-5
04 Sep 2014
- 18:31 Support #556 (Closed): CoCoAManual: improve part on tagging
- Checked how it works (I didn't know myself...), moved chapter in "types" (instead of "input/output").
Not perfect, b... - 14:05 Feature #614 (In Progress): Add functions based on MayerVietorisTree
- 14:04 Feature #614: Add functions based on MayerVietorisTree
- Added ...
- 14:03 Feature #614 (In Progress): Add functions based on MayerVietorisTree
- CoCoA-4 had quite a few functions based on MayerVietorisTree (via CoCoAServer).
Port them properly in CoCoA-5. - 12:54 Bug #321 (Closed): interpreter proposes no near misses for "bin"
- After some testing Anna and John approve the idea in comment 8 (already implemented).
We have also increased the m... - 12:39 Support #338 (Closed): MacOS version with static gcc libraries
- Since Mac OS X 10.5 is now more than 5 years old, we have decided to stop worrying about it (for the binary releases).
- 12:32 Design #595 (Closed): rename BigIntValue, IdealValue --> INTValue, IDEALValue? or even INT, IDEAL?
- 12:29 Support #488 (Closed): CoCoAManual: Help page for porting old C4 code to C5
- 12:22 Support #286 (Closed): How to test (automatically) a user defined CoCoA function
- 12:18 Bug #552 (Closed): C5 BuiltinFunctions.c fn RingElem
- Anna explains that the ugly interface was devised to allow a C5 user to create another poly ring whose indets have th...
- 12:05 Bug #132 (Closed): BringIn should allow reduction modulo p
- Closing even though it only partly resolves the problems with @BringIn@. I'll create a new, more precise issue.
03 Sep 2014
- 18:25 Bug #279 (Closed): Bug in Radical (actually a RingHom problem)
- 16:04 Support #541 (Resolved): Unify releases for Linux 32 and Linux 64
- I think we've practically resolved this. If Oscar updates his system in the next few days, we'll confirm that everyt...
- 12:41 Support #541: Unify releases for Linux 32 and Linux 64
- Wouldn't compiling with static versions of the libraries solve the problem?
Or perhaps we could distribute with cop... - 16:00 Design #549 (Closed): Automatic conversion from RINGELEM to INT or RAT
- Since the current code has been running without problems for 4+ months, I'm closing. If further closely related issu...
- 15:20 Design #549: Automatic conversion from RINGELEM to INT or RAT
- Here are what I think are the potentially doubtful cases for @INT@:
* @binomial@, @BinomialRepr@, @BinomialReprShift... - 15:03 Design #549: Automatic conversion from RINGELEM to INT or RAT
- Here are the fns which can be applied to @RAT@ according to the C5 online help system:...
- 15:04 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- I implemented a NmzEvaluateHilbertQuasiPolynomial method. It is very close to the implementation for QuasiPoly in coc...
- 11:34 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- I'm unsure. I think in any case we also need an evaluate function like in the library. We have to rewrite it anyway, ...
- 10:32 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- I think this is different because the mathematical structure is indexed by elements of @ZZ/(n)@ rather than indices 1...
- 07:55 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- John Abbott wrote:
> The "shifting" of the indices by 1 could be awkward. I can think of two ways to resolve the ma... - 13:43 Feature #608 (Closed): Emacs UI: C-return for send-line and send-region
- Anna's happy, so closing. I hope it is documented somewhere.
- 13:40 Feature #464 (Closed): Emacs UI: split horizontally instead of vertically?
- 13:39 Support #609 (Closed): Package "empty.cpkg5"
- The package is there; let's see how it works (_i.e._ users find it a helpful adjunct to the documentation).
Closin... - 13:35 Support #548: Printing rings with ID
- I think the current implementation is adequate (rather than fully satisfactory); but I'd like time to think more abou...
- 12:36 Feature #553 (Closed): Port function MantissaAndExponent2
- 12:19 Bug #321: interpreter proposes no near misses for "bin"
- I now have a first impl.
* changed the use of @std::set@ into @set::vector@
* implemented the idea of printing the ... - 07:47 Bug #321: interpreter proposes no near misses for "bin"
- John Abbott wrote:
> I propose the following variation on current behaviour:
> * the suggested names should be in o... - 11:40 Bug #612 (Closed): The C5 gui does not exit properly when using the exit menu entry
- When I close the C5 gui via the menu or the "x" button I get ...
02 Sep 2014
- 23:46 Bug #321: interpreter proposes no near misses for "bin"
- I propose the following variation on current behaviour:
* the suggested names should be in order of increasing _leven... - 14:06 Bug #321: interpreter proposes no near misses for "bin"
- The place to intervene appears to be @Interpreter.C:2775@ in the function @collectSimilarlyNamedIdentifiers@. The pr...
- 23:34 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- The "shifting" of the indices by 1 could be awkward. I can think of two ways to resolve the matter:
* put the *firs... - 18:37 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- added Value::from(QuasiPoly).
... keep in mind that indices in the LIST representing a QuasiPoly start from 1 in CoC... - 11:55 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- Almost, I just checked it and the HilbertQuasiPolynomial is not returned at the moment. What is missing is a Value::f...
- 11:23 Feature #204: NmzComputation: the powerful NormalizComputation function in CoCoA-5
- @Christof: is this issue resolved/complete/closable???
- 17:46 Feature #245 (Resolved): Meaningful error for functions defined in "missing" external library
- I applied John's suggestion.
I'd rather find an "automatic" solution (so that we don't risk forgetting or misspellin... - 16:01 Bug #275: Unhelpful error messages when SmallExponent_t is unsigned char.
- I have just (20140902) checked using @typedef unsigned short SmallExponent_t;@ and everything worked fine.
*Reminder... - 14:59 Bug #275 (In Progress): Unhelpful error messages when SmallExponent_t is unsigned char.
- I have just retried the experiment. Several CoCoALib tests fail:...
- 15:37 Bug #611 (New): GUI: qutting provokes Imminent Disaster
- Found in an old email (20101119).
After starting the C5GUI from the command line, when quitting by selecting the a... - 15:33 Design #610 (Closed): Variable It: assign before or after printing
- I found this is an old email (20101119).
Currently given a freestanding top-level expr C5 evaluates it,
prints th... - 14:11 Support #240: GUI compilation: GMP is not naturally thread-safe
- JAA has confirmed (20140902) that the problem persists (with GMP 6.0.0 built without the @--disable-alloca@ flag).
- 12:51 Bug #104: Misprints suggestions: Z --> ZZ
- I have just tried increasing to 1 the max distance for length 1 identifiers. Not sure whether I like the result. He...
- 11:30 Bug #34 (Closed): CoCoAManual: obsolete entries in the manual
- 11:21 Feature #561 (Closed): Emacs UI: unrecognized keywords (ImportByValue...)
- 11:10 Bug #433 (Closed): EMACS UI: trouble with sending a long line
- Accept my solution (already checked in):
* lines longer than 999 chars are sent using @SourceRegion@
* do not worry... - 11:08 Design #546 (Closed): ideal wants LIST of RINGELEM
- After discussing with Anna we have decided to accept the current solution: i.e. that @ideal([x,0,y])@ works as desire...
- 11:03 Bug #594 (Closed): CharPoly(MAT) and MinPoly(MAT) work in different settings: unify behaviaour
- 11:02 Design #607 (Closed): Emacs UI; remove send-buffer?
- Done, checked in, tested... seems fine... closing
- 10:53 Support #290 (In Progress): Which functions are defined in CoCoALibSupplement?
- 08:40 Design #307 (Feedback): Value::from makes BigIntValue::fromInt obsolete?
- I seems it is all done now.
The only call of @fromBool@ is in @Value::from@. - 08:28 Feature #588: Resume code for "gin" (generic initial ideal)
- John Abbott wrote:
> I notice that the current definition will sometimes (almost never?) print out a message about t...
01 Sep 2014
- 18:30 Design #563 (Closed): Remove ZMOD type from CoCoAInterpreter
- Checked everything by eye with Anna; checked in. Closing.
- 14:31 Design #563 (Resolved): Remove ZMOD type from CoCoAInterpreter
- I've removed (commented out) the relevant lines in @Interpreter.C@ and @AST.H@.
I also had to change two packages (@... - 15:47 Feature #25 (Closed): Function "Call"
- Apparently this has already been done (but Anna forgot to "close" properly).
- 15:02 Feature #561 (Resolved): Emacs UI: unrecognized keywords (ImportByValue...)
- Everything seems OK to me (after a perfunctory test).
I suggest closing this issue -- if an omission comes to light,... - 14:50 Design #491 (In Progress): Cleaning: Cruft in CoCoA-5 packages
- Perhaps this task is best achieved by Anna and me together; we should meet occasionally and remove "dead" code from s...
29 Aug 2014
- 12:44 Support #609 (Resolved): Package "empty.cpkg5"
- When I make a new package I copy an old one and empty it, and that's what I suggest to do to people (Elisa ;-) who ne...
- 12:33 Support #609: Package "empty.cpkg5"
- Why do you think it would be useful?
What do you think it should contain?
To be useful I suppose it ought to export... - 12:30 Support #609 (Closed): Package "empty.cpkg5"
- I think a package "packages/empty.cpkg5" would be useful.
- 12:30 Feature #500: Interpreter: is it possible to avoid useless prompts?
- I have checked in the code for automatic prompt suppression (in @Main.C:153@ and @LineProviders.C:85@; but the code i...
- 12:05 Feature #500 (In Progress): Interpreter: is it possible to avoid useless prompts?
- Since C++ is rather less than helpful in this matter, I think a better solution would be to add a command(s?) to the ...
- 11:58 Feature #500: Interpreter: is it possible to avoid useless prompts?
- This appears to be impossible in C++ (version 2003), at least in a fully portable way.
I have found a post which exp... - 11:55 Feature #608: Emacs UI: C-return for send-line and send-region
- Well done John! it works!
(almost: I had to make a tiny change to make it work also on emacs 22)
Now I have no exc...
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