Hello Kurt! > > … To make matters worse, when I ask it to solve an equation, it tries to > > launch `xterm`, which is not available on my system, and hangs. > > I would install it immediately ;-) It's still one of the best terminals if > properly configured (Xresources). > BTW, Wayland is just a parade example what will happen when people are to > eager to reinvent the wheel. … I have it disabled on all machines.
I have extensive experience configuring `xterm` — not for me to say if properly or not. Wayland works great for me for many years and I do not miss the old times. But I think this conversation is off the topic of this mailing list. > You are certainly right in that one could do a lot more with respect to > aesthetics and attractiveness, however, focus is on math in the first place > and it's a matter of fact that many systems have been sunset because of too > much deference to users wishes. * How many systems have been sunset because of too much deference? * How many systems have been sunset because of too little deference? I agree that chasing every fashion is stupid, especially for a research project that only a few people in the world can meaningfully contribute to. But scaring away prospective users is a vicious circle. One way forward with respect to launching a terminal emulator is to have a setting for this and try a few popular terminal emulators as a fallback. As I understand, the story with configuration files is difficult right now. But hanging the whole program in response to a click is simply bad engineering. Why does it need another terminal emulator anyway? It already has one. To be specific, what I do is: * start FriCAS with HyperDoc * navigate: References — Topics — Solving Equations — Solution of a Single Polynomial Equation * click `solve(x^3 = 8, x)` -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/fricas-devel/CAB-2Q09RpNxSG9G1jM9GkEO3UJ0VdieZX7Uoao69J3kn5Ecx7g%40mail.gmail.com.
