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RE: [Axiom-developer] [TeXmacs]


From: michel . lavaud
Subject: RE: [Axiom-developer] [TeXmacs]
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 18:11:51 +0100

On 18 Dec 2004 at 11:06, Bill Page wrote:

> It is probably not obvious from the line folding of the
> original email, but what you are quoting here is actually the
> old version (leading minus '-' sign) of the instructions. The
> new version appears immediately after this without any minus
> signs. This type of notice is automatically generated by
> MathAction when a page is updated.

Ah OK ! Sorry for that. But then I think that, in its present state (at least 
in the state I
received it in my mailer) the message generated is largely incomprehensible, as 
there
is no leading minus sign, only minus signs embedded in the middle of long 
lines. The
only indicators I could detect by inspection are "??changed" and "++added"


> In most cases it is probably
> best to refer to the web page itself referenced at the bottom
> of the message.

Ah ? Well.. I had actually looked at it, and  I didn't even realize that the 
message
originated from this page :-(

If parts that are deleted from the web page are sent to the axiom-developer 
list, I
wonder if this is useful for others than the author of the previous version of 
the page?
Maybe it would be better (if it is possible?) to send to the list only the new 
parts, and
send the complete message only to those who are directly involved in the 
writing of the
page, and have asked for the complete report on the wiki ? If it was possible, 
I think
this would make the automatic notifications on axiom-developer less bulky and 
more
comprehensible, and thus more useful ?


> > I downloaded tmwin_axiom.zip, renamed tmwin_axiom.exe to
> > tm_axiom.exe and copied it on the cygwin tm_axiom.exe. But Axiom
> > inside TeXmacs does not work any more, while it works with the
> > cygwin tm_axiom.exe.
>
> Could you be a little more specific about what you see in
> TeXmacs with the new version? Do you see the red --> prompt
> from Axiom when you click Insert/Session/Axiom?

No, no arrow, just axiom]

> tmwin_axiom.zip is the first version of the new tm_axiom program
> that I uploaded last week. There is a new flavour available this
> week along with an updated Axiom binary included in the most recent
> axiom-windows-0.1.2.exe install file.

Ah OK, I will download it and try with this one. As it is rather large and
wintm_axiom.exe is very small, could it be possible in the future to upload 
just this one,
or to send the new wintm_axiom.zip as attached file on the list or in private 
mail?

> However, I would have expected that old version to work since
> the changes did not have anything to do with the basic function.
>
> As a test (although this is not normally how you would use it)
> could you try running tm_axiom from the cygwin command window?
> It should start and wait for input. If you type something like
>
>   1+1
> followed by Enter, then you should see LaTeX output from Axiom.
> If this doesn't happen there is a basic problem starting tm_axiom.

When I type tmwin_axiom, nothing happens and I am sent back to cmd.exe prompt.
When I type tm_axiom.exe (the cygwin one) I get the correct behaviour
"latex:$\displaystyle 2 \leqno(1)$" etc.

> I have seen this happen so far only on one system (Windows 2000)
> where I tried to install TeXmacs and Axiom. On that system AXIOMsys
> runs ok from the command line, but if I type tm_axiom from the command
> line, it starts and immediately exits with no message. I am not sure
> what is causing this since exactly the same program when copied to
> another system with Axiom runs fine.

Yes, this is exactly the behaviour you describe.

> On the test system where it fails, I do not have local admin rights
> and the directory Program Files is protected from change. So I am
> forced to installed Axiom and TeXmacs in a non-default location. Still
> both Axiom and TeXmacs separately seem to run properly.
> Since the only difference between that system where it fails
> and other systems where it works is that fact that my access
> privileges are considerably restricted where it fails, I suspect
> that perhaps there is some missing operating system privilege
> that is required by the new tm_axiom program because it uses
> threaded execution? Windows XP has similar, and perhaps even
> more elaborate access controls, to Windows 2000.

Under XP, I have full admin rights, but I installed in non-default location, so 
maybe it is rather the location?

> If possible, could you try re-installing the latest Windows
> version from
>
>   http://page.axiom-developer.org/zope/mathaction/AxiomDownload
>
> as the Administrator user of your XP system?
>
> Then simply delete the tm_axiom.exe program from the cygwin
> directory. Cygwin will then automatically find the new tm_axiom
> from the Axiom directory which has been automatically added to
> the path.
>
> Let me know if this works. And if it does, do you have any
> clue about what the specific operating system privilege might
> be that makes this work when run as Administrator?

I will do that and inform you of the result.

> > I have a further question about the cygwin tm_axiom.exe :
> > the output of the example
> >
> > integrate (1/(x**3 * (a+b*x)**(1/3),x)
> >
> > in tutorial axiom-intro.pdf by Jenks et al. is displayed on
> > one line in TeXmacs, not on three lines as in the tutorial.
> > Is it normal with the current version of axiom_tm, or is it
> > specific to the Windows version (I did not try on Linux)? Is
> > it this behaviour that the new axiom_tm ought to correct?
>
> That is the behaviour of the old tm_axiom interface program
> on both cygwin and Linux. It does not include any special LaTeX
> line breaking code. Unfortunately TeXmacs is not able to do
> line-breaking in most of the cases of LaTeX generated by Axiom
> output. The newest version of tm_axiom that is included with
> axiom-windows-0.1.2.exe does include the Axiom specific
> line-breaking code (the save as originally written by Robert
> Sutor and used in the production of the Axiom book). If you
> can get that to work, then the output should look identical to
> the book.

OK, thanks a lot for the info, I will test

Best wishes,


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