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17 Dec 2019

12:25 Bug #1093 (In Progress): GUI: bugs and slugs

I have changed *@configure@* so that it sets a flag saying whether to build the Qt GUI; this is determined by a comma... John Abbott

16 Dec 2019

21:31 Bug #1093: GUI: bugs and slugs

Ulrich reported that the GUI fails to compile now that we are using *@nullptr@*.
I had a quick search online, and fo... John Abbott

12 Dec 2019

11:58 Slug #948: radical is slow (compared to singular) on these examples

As reported in the previous comment, example 1 was still a problem. I increased the extra time (to 2.5s), then the c... John Abbott

11:42 Slug #948: radical is slow (compared to singular) on these examples

After the change mentioned in issue #1375, the examples in comment 13 are now satisfactorily quick. The example in c... John Abbott

11 Dec 2019

17:40 Slug #948: radical is slow (compared to singular) on these examples

Anna Maria Bigatti wrote:
> John Abbott wrote:
> > My simple idea was just to add say 0.1 to the actual measured ti... Anna Maria Bigatti

09 Dec 2019

16:26 Feature #1374: Add function power to CoCoA-5

John Abbott wrote:
> I am inclined to say that there is not much point in writing any tests for @power@. What do yo... Anna Maria Bigatti

16:07 Feature #1374: Add function power to CoCoA-5

I am inclined to say that there is not much point in writing any tests for @power@. What do you think?
John Abbott

15:42 Feature #1374: Add function power to CoCoA-5

John Abbott wrote:
> If you are convinced that my approach is better, then, yes, please undo your CVS update.
ok
... Anna Maria Bigatti

13:55 Feature #1374: Add function power to CoCoA-5

Should the function be documented?
If so, we should probably state that it exists just to increase compatibility b... John Abbott

13:37 Feature #1374: Add function power to CoCoA-5

If you are convinced that my approach is better, then, yes, please undo your CVS update.
I am not certain whether ... John Abbott

12:46 Feature #1374: Add function power to CoCoA-5

ooops, we overlapped and made incompatible changes.
But I think you had a better idea.
Should I undo my cvs?
Anna Maria Bigatti

12:21 Feature #1374: Add function power to CoCoA-5

I have just checked in a @power@ function defined in @cocolib.cpkg5@.
My approach means that @power@ works for any t... John Abbott

12:03 Feature #1374: Add function power to CoCoA-5

Implemented for RingElem (in OneLiners) Anna Maria Bigatti

11:58 Feature #1374 (Closed): Add function power to CoCoA-5

In CoCoA we can write @g^4@, but in CoCoALib we have to write @power(g,4)@ (because of incompatible priority of @oper... Anna Maria Bigatti

04 Dec 2019

15:22 Feature #1373 (In Progress): GFan also for Microsoft?

Is it possible to make the GFan functions available in the pre-compiled release for Microsoft?
John Abbott

03 Dec 2019

14:36 Feature #1364 (Feedback): Emacs UI: start cocoa5 with system command enabled

I have checked in a cleaned-up version of the code... Anna said it worked fine for her.
Now we can test for it for... John Abbott

29 Nov 2019

17:21 Feature #1372 (In Progress): New function: find ?

Should we add the function *find* (similar to C++ *find*)?
This is a quick and easy prototype (should be easy to wri... Anna Maria Bigatti

27 Nov 2019

22:42 Feature #1364 (In Progress): Emacs UI: start cocoa5 with system command enabled

Prototype sent to Anna via email, so she can test it.
John Abbott

24 Nov 2019

13:11 Support #1368 (Resolved): Improve manual for mod

The solution to Ange's problem is to compute @mod(a-b,p)@; this will be zero iff @a@ and @b@ are congruent modulo @p@... John Abbott

13:04 Support #1368 (In Progress): Improve manual for mod

Currently the manual and the implementation are incompatible. The manual says that the remainder is always non-negat... John Abbott

12:58 Support #1368 (Closed): Improve manual for mod

The manual entry for *@mod@* needs to be improved.
Ange recently reported that *@mod(a,p) = mod(b,p)@* did not wor... John Abbott

12:51 Feature #1367: CoCoA-5.3.0: release linked with more recent version of normaliz

I'm hoping that this should be easy (at least on Linux).
On my linux box, compilation and linking work fine with nor... John Abbott

12:49 Feature #1367 (Closed): CoCoA-5.3.0: release linked with more recent version of normaliz

The last release was linked with an "old" version of normaliz. Make the next release with a more recent version (_e.... John Abbott

12:46 Design #1352 (Resolved): cocoa5 (launch) script: sleep time

I have just tried @xterm -e ./cocoa5@, and now prefer a 4 second wait after printing the message (perhaps it should b... John Abbott