<snipped a lot> Note that Mfactor (as currently configured)
> doesn't support putting multiple exponents into a to-do
> file, so the best way to trial factor lots of exponents
> is probably just to paste the one-line inputs needed for
> the exponents, one after another, into the same window -
> when the program finishes the current exponent, it'll
> read the next input line from the buffer. Of course,
> this doesn't permit one to log out, so is best done on
> a machine which one owns (then one can at least lock the
> display when one needs to leave.)
We are talking (some flavour of) unix here aren't we?
You could make an input file with the factors (As you must enter them,
including any stuff you must enter before you enter the first factor)
and then run mfactor in the background
nohup mfactor < input.file > output.file &
then you can log out.
Kind Regards, Martijn
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