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From 04 May 2024 to 02 Jun 2024
24 May 2024
- 16:40 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon
- John Abbott wrote:
> Anna suggests
> *@[[waiting for ";"]]@*
checked in @LineProviders.C@
13 May 2024
- 22:26 Design #1508: Initial ring
- The actual message is...
- 22:23 Design #1508: Initial ring
- *(1)* I modified @packages/init.cocoa5@ so that it prints out a message about the initial ring.
This was a *ba...
10 May 2024
- 11:16 Design #610 (Closed): Variable It: assign before or after printing
- Current behaviour is acceptable (and should still be safe even if we make printing interruptible).
Closing.
- 11:07 Design #1496 (Rejected): Use "special" names for variables inside tests
- After brief discussion with Anna: KISS -- it works without problem as is, so don't waste time fixing a problem which...
- 10:50 Design #1508: Initial ring
- I'm undecided about changing the name (some beginner user might think that the name "QQxyz" has some interpretation b...
- 10:33 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon
- Anna suggests
*@[[waiting for ";"]]@*
- 10:30 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon
- Another suggestion
*@[[incomplete or forgot ";"?]]@*
- 10:02 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon
- > How about a very succinct *@[[forgot ";"?]]@*
yes!
09 May 2024
- 10:24 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon
- Some more thoughts:
* How long may the prompt be?
* For whom is the prompt meant to be useful?
For a complete be...
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... - 16:53 Support #1650: Potentially confusing prompt: waiting for semicolon
- I don't mind the current message, but also...
- 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...
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?
- 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...
- 20:53 Support #1566: What does rad do?
- There is no *@rad@* function in the current version of CoCoA-5.
Close?
- 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.
- 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... - 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... - 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... - 19:45 Bug #1746: ManExamples target: need to 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... - 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...
- 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...
- 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... - 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...
- 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... - 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...
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