> On Jul 29, 12:55 pm, DWL <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is an observation about the pre-compiled binaries for Mac OS. >> >> If the (unpacked) sage disk image directory is saved in a folder that has a >> space character in its name, for example: >> >> $HOME/Applications/my folder >> >> Then sage will not load properly when the "sage" executable is clicked. The >> terminal session begins, but the application doesn't load successfully. >> >> Changing the parent directory name to "my_folder" resolved this issue. >> >> While using space characters in directory names probably isn't all that >> common >> in UNIX or Linux installations, it is more common in Mac OS installations. >> Perhaps the installation instructions could be updated to mention this issue?
With a very recent Sage built from source on sage.math, I see what I think is the same problem. I've opened a ticket: http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/9644 On 07/29/2010 07:11 PM, kcrisman wrote: > Thanks for the report. We fixed a similar issue quite some time ago - > see http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5261 . However, this > addressed a space in the app name, not the folder. I don't remember > hearing this before, though. Maybe there is something weird about > the binary... is this a recent version? > > 1. Can someone else duplicate this (my current connection is not ideal > for downloading large files like this, unfortunately, so I can't test > it in the next few days)? > > 2. As a test, can you download the source of Sage, build it, and > report if the same thing happens on your computer? -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
