7.9 Toolbar (Alg\en\Macaulay) 

Figure 7.8 The toolbar Alg\en\Macaulay (computer algebra in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra).

7.9.1 Description of the buttons 

1.   MACAULAY  : launches the MACAULAY program for Windows.
2.   EMACS/ast  : launches the Emacs program for Windows from the directory ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button Emacaulay ).
3.   Emacaulay  : launches Macaulay in a shell of Emacs. Emacs must be already open. The command sent to the shell is runprg.bat macaulay.
4.   Ini Macaulay  : launches the configuration of the Macaulay computer algebra program (cf. sec. 7.9 and 3.2).
5.   << Doc>>  : marker of the group of buttons << Documentation>>. This button doesn't execute any action, it serves just as visual separator between the groups of buttons.
6.   Web site  : displays the web site of Macaulay in the default web browser.
7.   Loc web  : displays a local copy of the web site of Macaulay in the default web browser.
8.   Manual  : displays the whole set of manuals of Macaulay.
9.   << Tests com>>  : marker of the group of buttons << Tests communs>> (common tests). This button doesn't execute any action, it serves just as visual separator between the groups of buttons.
10.   1+2  : add 1 and 2 in Macaulay.
11.   2*3  : multiply 2 by 3 in Macaulay.
12.   2^10  : calculate 2 to the power 10 in Macaulay.
13.   1/3+3/4  : add two fractions in Macaulay.
14.   100 !  : calculate the factorial of 100 in Macaulay.
15.   Quit  : quit the Macaulay program.
16.   << Tests spec>>  : marker of the group of buttons << Tests specific to the program>>. This button doesn't execute any action, it serves just as visual separator between the groups of buttons.
17.   factor  : Factorise a fraction in a quotient of prime numbers.
18.   << Tests btns>>  : marker of the group of buttons << Buttons under test>>. This button doesn't execute any action, it serves just as visual separator between the groups of buttons.

7.9.2 Test of the buttons 

Under Windows 98SE, the common and specific tests work in a shell of Emacs.

7.9.3 Starter guide (mod. 22/04/2003) 

It is important to note that, when one works in a command window, the end of acommand of Macaulay is marked by typing one time on the Enter key, (cf. the test of sec. 3.2), whereas it is marked by typing two times on the Enter key, when one works in a shell of Emacs.

1.  Select the group of toolbars Alg-1 of assistant Rosetta.
2.  Open the toolbar Alg\en\Macaulay by clicking on the button  of the assistant's strip.
3.  Launch Emacs by clicking on the button EMACS/ast .
4.  Launch Macaulay in a window of Emacs by clicking on the button Emacaulay  : a session of Macaulay opens up in the lower window. Select this window by clicking on it.
5.  Select Emacs as target-program in the assistant, and perform the common tests by clicking on button 1+2 , etc.
6.  Type 1+2 and check that you must type two times on the Enter key to run the computation (the only exception is the quit command).

To test Macaulay in a command window, click on the button MACAULAY . The tests must be made by hand under Windows 9x. Under Windows NTx, select Rosetta as target window, then perform the common tests (the 6 buttons work).