Paul, If you have a moment to spare, could you please try this *additional( patch for axiom.py in sage-2.8:
http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/page/axiom.py-0.3.1.patch ---------- bsd:~/sage-2.8/devel page$ diff -au ./sage-main/sage/interfaces/axiom.py ./sage-test/sage/interfaces/axiom.py --- ./sage-main/sage/interfaces/axiom.py 2007-08-15 11:27:03.000000000 -0700 +++ ./sage-test/sage/interfaces/axiom.py 2007-08-15 11:30:33.000000000 -0700 @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Expect.__init__(self, name = 'axiom', prompt = '\([0-9]+\) -> ', - command = "axiom -nox -noclef", + command = "sh -c 'cat|axiom -nox -noclef'", maxread = 10, script_subdirectory = script_subdirectory, restart_on_ctrlc = False, bsd:~/sage-2.8/devel page$ diff -au ./sage-main/sage/interfaces/axiom.py ./sage-test/sage/interfaces/axiom.py > ~/axiom.py-0.3.1.patch bsd:~/sage-2.8/devel page$ ---------- This second patch should be applied after the earlier one: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/page/axiom.py-0.3.patch One the MAC OSX system that I am using for test, this change cures the problems that you reported. The excuse for this funny construction: sh -c 'cat|axiom -nox -noclef' is that it causes Clisp to disable readline. Please let me know if it works for you. Regards, Bill Page. On 8/15/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > no, the problem is most definitely still there, in both your and my > example, even after installing the patch. it does produce interesting > errors... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > | SAGE Version 2.8, Release Date: 2007-08-12 | > | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > sage: sage: r=[0,3,32,375,5184,84035] > sage: sage: r=[0,3,32,375,5184,84035] > sage: sage: R=axiom(r).guessExpRat(); R > > n > [[function= n (n + 2) ,order= 0]] > sage: sage: R=axiom(r).guessExpRat(); R > [0,3,32,375,5184,84035] > ... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---