[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-24 Thread Oscar Lazo
On Aug 23, 8:54 am, Simon King simon.k...@nuigalway.ie wrote: 1. If you write a little program on the command line and it does something, but simply it doesn't do the right thing or you get strange error messages about missing attributes -- it would be very hard to find out that you forgot

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-24 Thread Jason Grout
On 8/24/10 11:45 AM, Oscar Lazo wrote: On Aug 23, 8:54 am, Simon Kingsimon.k...@nuigalway.ie wrote: 1. If you write a little program on the command line and it does something, but simply it doesn't do the right thing or you get strange error messages about missing attributes -- it would be

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread robin hankin
Hello everybody implicit_multiplication is very time-saving, and a much more natural way to write things. I'd love it to be default. Wow, implicit_multiplication(True) is *exactly* what I have been looking for. I have tried it just now, and it is brill. OK, my question: Now that I know

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Simon King
Hi Robin, On 23 Aug., 12:58, robin hankin hankin.ro...@gmail.com wrote: But, if I didn't know it existed, how could I possibly have found it? (give me a pointer to a FAQ!) I just tried to find it in the FAQ, but without success. Anyway. If you know that it is called implicit_multiplication

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread robin hankin
Hello thanks for this. I liked the preparser manpage that Simon pointed me to. Re automatic_names(): why isn't this the default? Now I know it exists, I think I'll probably use it all the time. Who uses sage without this option? Or, more precisely, can anyone give me an example of a way of

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Simon King
Hi Robin, On 23 Aug., 13:43, robin hankin hankin.ro...@gmail.com wrote: Re automatic_names(): why isn't this the default? Now I know it exists, I think I'll probably use it all the time. Who uses sage without this option? I find automatic_names horrible, to say the least! In my opinion,

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Simon King simon.k...@nuigalway.ie wrote: Hi Robin, On 23 Aug., 13:43, robin hankin hankin.ro...@gmail.com wrote: Re automatic_names(): why isn't this the default? Now I know it exists, I think I'll probably use it all the time. Who uses sage without this

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Robert Bradshaw rober...@math.washington.edu wrote: On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 6:54 AM, Simon King simon.k...@nuigalway.ie wrote: Hi Robin, On 23 Aug., 13:43, robin hankin hankin.ro...@gmail.com wrote: Re automatic_names(): why isn't this the default? Now I

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-23 Thread Simon King
Hi Robert, On 23 Aug., 18:08, Robert Bradshaw rober...@math.washington.edu wrote: ... And on the other hand, I can't see how life with Sage would be any easier if automatic_names was the standard. Think about someone working through a series of calculus textbook exercises (mostly

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Oscar Lazo
Great! thank you! On Aug 21, 11:50 am, Mike Hansen mhan...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Oscar Lazo estadisticame...@gmail.com wrote: implicit_multiplication is very time-saving, and a much more natural way to write things. I'd love it to be default. In your

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Niles
Hi Oscar, Could you tell us a little more about what fails when you try ask.sagemath.org? Do you get any error message? At least one tag is required for every question, so did you include a tag? thanks, Niles On Aug 21, 12:31 pm, Oscar Lazo estadisticame...@gmail.com wrote:

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Oscar Lazo
I have posted a new question now. My impression is that the problem was related to my GoogleID authentification, since I was working with two ID's at the time. On Aug 21, 1:21 pm, Niles nil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Oscar, Could you tell us a little more about what fails when you try

[sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Oscar Lazo
I have now found out about the automatic_names option, that makes variables be automatically declared. Unfortunately this is not available in the command line, so editing ~/.sage/init.sage will not work. Can this too be set as a default? thanks Oscar On Aug 21, 5:56 pm, Oscar Lazo

Re: [sage-support] Re: How can I make implicit_multiplication default?

2010-08-21 Thread Mike Hansen
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Oscar Lazo estadisticame...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately this is not available in the command line, so editing ~/.sage/init.sage will not work. Can this too be set as a default? You can add the following to your init.sage: from sagenb.misc.support import