It occurs for me with the most recent version of the disk image on the download page.
The workaround of not using a folder with a space in the name is fine for my purposes. dan ________________________________ From: kcrisman <[email protected]> To: sage-support <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, July 29, 2010 5:11:36 PM Subject: [sage-support] Re: Mac OS install observation Dear Dan, 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? Thanks, - kcrisman 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? > > Thanks, > > dan -- 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 -- 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
