On Tuesday, 4 August 2015 20:44:27 UTC+1, saad khalid wrote: > > Sorry for the lack of clarity. I think most of my confusion stems from > this: Is the main way to use Sage through the Sage Math Cloud? What exactly > would the purpose be for using is through the terminal at all? > > In my head, I was imagining using sage similarly to how I program in vim. > Id sign in to my username through Sage on my desktops terminal, have access > to all of my online files, be able to edit them in the terminal(or, if I > want, open those files in the Sage Notebook), and then I would save on my > desktop and it would push those edits through to the Sage Math Cloud, > therefore syncing my desktops version with the Cloud version. Then, if I'm > on the go and don't have access to my normal computer, I could simply edit > my code from the browser if I wanted to. But, the more I read, the more I > feel like all of that is a misconception on my part. It seems like the main > focus of Sage is to using it through your web browser(which is very > different from something like Mathematica). Is that correct? If so, then > why would you use/install Sage on your desktop or use it through the > terminal? >
one would run Sage locally (on a desktop, or on a server) for several reasons, e.g. to have more processor power and faster response compared to what you get with SMC. SMC has its limitations; you need fast internet access, you might need to singn up for a paid service if you need more processing power/memory, etc. > > > I really am very new, so all I've seen so far is that when I run >> > the command notebook(), it opens up a local server of Sagenb(I >> > think). >> >> This is I do not understand, maybe you want to clarify further. > > > I just meant that, when I'm on my desktop terminal, running Sage, and i > type "notebook()", it seems to open up a locally hosted Sage Notebook. Not > knowing how it worked, I think I was expecting it to somehow ask for my > username and password, and open up the project on Sage Math Cloud. It just > surprised me that it opened up a Sage Notebook because, from what I can > tell from reading, it seems like the use of Sage Notebook is outdated now, > and it seems like the focus has shifted to the SMC. Is there a reason to > bother installing Sage and opening a notebook through the terminal? Or is > it becoming more of a relic? > > > I hope my question is a bit more clear this time, however if it's not, I > will try my best to explain further! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
