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From 14 Oct 2021 to 12 Nov 2021
12 Nov 2021
- 11:41 Support #1534: Install CoCoA-5 on MacOS-10.15+
- Check if this is still a problem!
What does Robbiano do?
- 11:34 Feature #1526: EmacsUI: help/manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?
- I have just tested what happens if there is some unsent input in the CoCoA-5, and it seems to discard the unsent inpu...
- 11:32 Feature #1526 (In Progress): EmacsUI: help/manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?
- Might it make sense to bind also @C-c h@ and perhaps @C-c ?@ or even @C-c C-?@
Just some suggestions.... maybe t... - 11:30 Feature #1526: EmacsUI: help/manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?
- Done for the CoCoA-5 menu.
- 11:25 Feature #1526: EmacsUI: help/manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?
- it is probably easy to add it to the cocoa5-comint menu.
What about the keybinding?
- 11:14 Support #1398 (Closed): Website: hide/delete all the CoCoA-4 stuff?
- Website seems ok now.
Closing.
- 10:45 Bug #1356 (Closed): CoCoA-5 header files: should use a common prefix for CPP variables which enforce read-once
- 10:25 Design #1631: Use filesystem::path instead of string (packageDir, CoCoAManFileName)
- It seems that @filesystem::path@ was introduced in C++17.
Anna asks whether we should start compiling with standard ... - 10:21 Design #1631 (New): Use filesystem::path instead of string (packageDir, CoCoAManFileName)
- In some files we use @std::string@ to represent paths to files.
Replace these with values of type @filesystem::path@... - 10:23 Bug #1397 (Closed): Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- No longer crashes. So that's good.
Now we just need to clean up the path, but that's in a new issue #1631 - 10:06 Design #1496: Use "special" names for variables inside tests
- Anna is reasonably convinced by the idea. She made some alternative proposals:
* use all capital letters for names ... - 09:48 Bug #1610 (Closed): IsInRadical: some more little bugs
- No new bugs have surfaced. Closing this issue.
10 Nov 2021
- 19:49 Design #1496 (In Progress): Use "special" names for variables inside tests
- I have decided to "test" the idea of putting a single underscore at the start of names.
I have just modified @bug-... - 19:41 Bug #1294 (Feedback): CoCoA-5 tests may fail even if executed correctly
- I made the change about a year ago (according to redmine), and no complaints have surfaced.
So advancing to *feedbac... - 19:34 Bug #1604: SqFreeFactor crashes over non-perfect field
- No real chance of finding time to resolve this in the foreseeable future :-(
Probably not that hard, but it will sur... - 19:32 Bug #1610: IsInRadical: some more little bugs
- Anna: can you close this issue?
- 18:57 Bug #1397: Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- We probably need to change the fn @CoCoAManFileName@ (around line 950 in @OnlineHelp.C@).
The return type should be ... - 18:43 Bug #1397: Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- There is a stackoverflow thread about getting @dirname@: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3071665/getting-a-direct...
- 18:29 Bug #1397: Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- It would be nice (& cleaner) if we could get rid of @packages/../@.
I think this should be possible.
- 18:27 Bug #1397: Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- I have modified the error message slightly. Now it gives:...
- 18:17 Bug #1412 (Closed): Emacs UI: font size
- 18:12 Bug #1524: wrong SystemCommand exit value
- My current opinion is to return the exit code, even if this is not well defined (in a portable way).
This would allo... - 18:07 Bug #1613 (Closed): CRASH with RingHom from FrF
- 18:04 Bug #1614 (Closed): SourceRegion gives misleading error mesg
08 Nov 2021
- 16:43 Bug #1356: CoCoA-5 header files: should use a common prefix for CPP variables which enforce read-once
- I have reviewed the header files and checked them in.
We need to review also the copyright notices: I have added A... - 12:39 Slug #1629 (Closed): RingElem slow with many indets
- Bernhard Andraschko reports the following (via email):...
- 11:29 Bug #1104 (In Progress): Eigenvectors: inconsistent return type
- Get started!
05 Nov 2021
- 23:07 Bug #1356 (Resolved): CoCoA-5 header files: should use a common prefix for CPP variables which enforce read-once
- I have changed all the files.
The only slightly strange one is @C5.H@ where the whole file is inside a @#ifdef@ bloc... - 16:47 Bug #1356: CoCoA-5 header files: should use a common prefix for CPP variables which enforce read-once
- This is a reasonable proposal. Let's do it!
Soon?
- 16:53 Design #1501 (Rejected): testing for syntax errors
- Since we cannot see how to do this in a reasonable way, we reject the issue.
- 16:44 Bug #1524 (Feedback): wrong SystemCommand exit value
- 16:40 Bug #1623: EmacsUI: annoying colours
- John Abbott wrote:
> I suppose we could change the printed form to something like this:
> [...]
> Or maybe *@domai... - 16:33 Design #1568: RMap and image: obsolescent?
- The old function @image@ is only used in @radical.cpkg2@ and @toric.cpkg5@.
They should (easily) be replaced by prop... - 16:20 Design #1568 (In Progress): RMap and image: obsolescent?
- I have commented out the version in @coclib.cpkg5@. All tests pass.
- 16:17 Design #474: Eliminate package BinRepr
- Anna: compare the function in CoCoALib and remove or simplify the package, at least @Aux_BinExp@ should be deleted.
- 16:08 Design #1407 (In Progress): Tagged values (Hilbert Series)
- What is the status of this issue? It is resolved?
Is %done correct?
04 Nov 2021
- 23:26 Feature #1526: EmacsUI: help/manual for selected string -- or just for word with cursor on?
- Is this something easy we could do quickly? Or is it better to postpone to the next release?
- 23:24 Bug #1397 (Resolved): Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- I have just tried, and CoCoA-5 no longer crashes. It also produced a fairly reasonable error message.
Maybe the err... - 23:21 Bug #1397: Crashes if CoCoAHelp.xml is missing
- If @CoCoAHelp.xml@ is missing then the installation is broken (or there is a wrong path).
Crashing/aborting may be a... - 23:16 Bug #1320: CoCoA-5 manual: incorrect empty line in syntax box (in PDF file)
- This is still a problem, but not so common.
We should identify some cases where it occurs, and study those:... - 23:07 Design #1501: testing for syntax errors
- The idea itself is not so bad, but actually implementing looks to be nightmarish.
I am inclined to reject this iss... - 22:59 Bug #1623 (In Progress): EmacsUI: annoying colours
- Now that I must consider how ringhoms are printed, I do think that readability of the current format is not so good.
... - 20:34 Design #610: Variable It: assign before or after printing
- Is the value "assigned" to @It@ or swapped into @It@ (hopefully without being copied more than strictly necessary)?
30 Oct 2021
- 19:57 Bug #1502 (In Progress): SystemCommand in Microsoft version
- Bernhard and I made several tests yesterday: well, he made the tests, I just came up with "clever"(??) ideas.
*SUM...
29 Oct 2021
- 19:17 Design #1626 (Feedback): NewMat: should be obsolescent?
- What are the differences between *@NewMat@* and *@ZeroMat@*.
The manual entry for @NewMat@ suggests that it is almos...
27 Oct 2021
- 13:13 Support #1006: External dependencies for building
- A possible compromise to avoid deleting the documentation if the software components needed to rebuild it are not pre...
21 Oct 2021
- 17:41 Bug #1624: CantStop playing CantStop
- My CoCoA-5 ended abruptly when I sent an EOF as an input: is that to be expected?...
- 17:24 Bug #1624: CantStop playing CantStop
- It seems to work fine on my linux box.
- 17:22 Bug #1624 (New): CantStop playing CantStop
- Long tried @PlayCantStop@ (On Microsoft) but quickly wanted to give up.
However, interrupting did not work. He had ...
20 Oct 2021
- 22:05 Bug #1614 (Feedback): SourceRegion gives misleading error mesg
- 22:04 Feature #1616 (Feedback): UnivariateIndetIndex: remove cocoa-5 implementation and use CoCoALib's
- Maybe poor Anna will have to do a merge?
- 15:53 Feature #1616 (Resolved): UnivariateIndetIndex: remove cocoa-5 implementation and use CoCoALib's
- This is almost done. I made the change while making a belated, corrected video for last week's CoCoALib course.
Wil...
18 Oct 2021
- 12:01 Bug #1623: EmacsUI: annoying colours
- I suppose we could change the printed form to something like this:...
- 11:58 Bug #1623 (Feedback): EmacsUI: annoying colours
- I have now found examples where the EmacsUI can change colours annoyingly: printing out homomorphisms....
- 11:33 Bug #1622: BuiltinOneLiners -- less precise location in error messages
- Here is an example of what I mean:...
- 11:30 Bug #1622: BuiltinOneLiners -- less precise location in error messages
- I have set the target version as 5.3.4, but this may be wildly optimistic.
I fear that this request may be rather ha... - 11:29 Bug #1622 (New): BuiltinOneLiners -- less precise location in error messages
- I have noticed that error messages produced by fns which are defined in *@BuiltinOneLiners@* are less precise than th...
- 11:26 Support #1621: Doc for the various BuiltIn files
- I have set 5.3.4 as the target version because I think it would be a good idea to have a first version available soon...
- 11:25 Support #1621 (New): Doc for the various BuiltIn files
- We need to produce documentation explaining the difference between the various *@BuiltIn@* files.
When someone wants... - 11:23 Feature #1596: Add CoCoA5 function NmzHilbertBasisKer
- Compare also with *@LinKer@* which returns MAT and *@LinKerBasis@*, returning LIST LIST RINGELEM.
- 11:08 Bug #928: ciao, exit, quit can be used not only at top level
- The problem as describe is still present.
The easy approach is to leave the interpreter as is, and just change the...
17 Oct 2021
- 20:49 Bug #1412 (Feedback): Emacs UI: font size
- I have just checked in a modified version of cocoa5.el.
I have replaced line 1337 by an *@if@* which sets the major ...
15 Oct 2021
- 20:12 Bug #1412: Emacs UI: font size
- I think the relevant line is 1337 in @cocoa5.el@... too tired to try now.
- 14:09 Bug #1412: Emacs UI: font size
- A quick search produced the following advice:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2238418/emacs-lisp-how-to-get-bu...
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