Dear Ivo, Just a followup - is this a README in the top level of the dmg, but NOT in the Sage folder? (In 4.6.2, not the 4.7 alpha series, there is also a file sage-README-osx.txt, which has since - finally - been removed and put where it belongs; this is the same file, but should only be visible to users in a dmg.)
If you look at the top level directory, you'll just see a normal README, which will tell you to do ./sage in the command line from the directory. You can do this for now if you want. What happened is that we really updated the instructions for the Mac app bundle, but left the instructions for the regular version (which also appears in this file since we package as a dmg) a little more unclear. Doug McNeill is working on a better-worded version of this, and will likely reply here. Thank you again. - kcrisman On Apr 25, 9:08 am, ivo welch <[email protected]> wrote: > just downloaded Sage for the first time, so I have a fresh eye. > Looking over the README file: > > 3) Use finder to visit the sage folder you just copied it and double > click on the "sage" icon. > > 4) Select to run it with "Terminal": > Choose Applications, then select "All Applications" in the > "Enable:" drop down. Change the "Applications" drop down > to "Utilities". On the left, scroll and select "Terminal". > Click "Open", then in the next dialog select "Update". > > uhmm...once I double click on the sage icon, I see the contents of the > folder. In "select to run *it*", what is it? and what does it mean > to "run it with Terminal"? > > I am a pretty competent unix user, but I have no idea what we are > trying to accomplish here, or what menus we are looking at. > > 7) Email > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support > with any questions. > > this should probably say something like "go to ... for any questions." > some users may try to put the URL into their mailer and then wonder. > maybe it should also say that it requires group registrations... > > regards, > > /iaw > ---- > Ivo Welch ([email protected], [email protected]) -- 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
