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1 Introduction
2 Installation
3 Installation Tests
4 Starter guide of the CD-ROM
5 Tips and tricks
6 Technical References
7 Toolbars of the Alg-1 group
8 Toolbars of the Alg-2 group
9 Toolbars of the Alg-3 group
10 Troubleshooting
11 History
Last update on May 11, 2003, at 1h 54, by Michel Lavaud
To download the
document CD Rosetta for Windows User's Guide (1621Kb), click here.
This chapter contains a brief introduction to the CD Rosetta for Windows. If you have a copy of it and in a hurry to install it and to test it, you can go directly to section 2.3.
command.com for Win9x and WinNTx,
cmd.exe for WinNTx, %COMSPEC% for the shell of Emacs). Corrections will be
uploaded on the ftp server of AsTeX association and announced on its web
server.
More generally, updates of the Rosetta CD-ROM for Windows will be uploaded also on the ftp server, and their availability will be announced on the web server and on a few discussion lists (astex, oscas, calcul-formel-libre. . . ).
Another important difference between the version for Windows and the version for Linux of the CD Rosetta comes from the fact that most Linux distributions contain Emacs, Xemacs, TeX, Xdvi, Ghostscript and the standard GNU utilities, so that these programs are not included in the CD Rosetta for Linux. These software are indispensable to a lot of CAS to edit (Emacs, Xemacs) the programs written in their programming language and to visualize (TeX, Xdvi, Ghostscript) the resulting mathematical formulas. As they are not distributed with Windows, they have been added to the CD Rosetta for Windows. They have been borrowed to the AsTeX distribution.
A last difference comes from the fact that the sources of the programs have not been included in the version for Windows, insofar as they are already included in the version for Linux. The latter having been recorded with the extensions Rock Ridge and Joliet, the users of Windows should be able to read most Unix long file names correctly on the Cd Rosetta for Linux. However, no verification has been made that all the names of the source files are seen identically under Windows and Linux, nor that the binaries for Windows can be constructed from these sources.
For the future, it would be desirable to make converge the versions for Linux and Windows so that, when they are installed on the hard disk of a PC with dual boot (i.e. that can function under Linux and Windows) they can share a maximum of files and therefore occupy a minimum of room on the hard disk. Of course, it will be possible to do that only in collaboration with the authors of the software included on the CD.
The CD-ROM also contains the programs Emacs for the edition of documents, the Cygwin utilities, for the execution of programs of Unix origin ported under Windows, two virtual desktop managers (VirtuaWin and JS Pager), a manager of processes for Windows 9x (Sinfo), GhostScript and Gsview for the visualization of PostScript files, Acrobat Reader for pdf files, the web browser Netscape Navigator, for html files, and partial copies of web sites to be able to consult these sites from the CD-ROM, without connection to Internet. It finally contains assistant AsTeX, which permits to launch all these programs from an unique and customizable interface, and AsTeX navigator that permits to navigate in the dvi, ps or pdf versions of the documentations from a common interface. The dvi versions can be displayed directly if the AsTeX distribution is installed already, otherwise it is necessary to install at least the part View/Print of the distribution.
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télétype minuscule | Nom de fichier, texte tapé par l'utilisateur, nom de module téléchargeable à partir de la version HTML du manuel. |
télétype petits caractères | Recopie d'écran (messages du système, menus). |
TÉLÉTYPE MAJUSCULE | Variable d'environnement. |
| sans sérif | Nom de touche, option de menu, nom de bouton
d'une bo te de dialogue ou de message, titre de fenêtre. |
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| italique | Nom de manuel, de chapitre ou de section ; variable à remplacer par une valeur d'une liste. |
| gras | Titre de chapitre, de section ou de tableau du manuel ; indique que la version HTML du manuel contient un lien actif vers un site web. |
| (mod. jj/mm/aa) | Indique une section modifiée depuis la version précédente du manuel. jj/mm/aa symbolise la date de la dernière modification, dans l'ordre jour, mois, année (2 chiffres avant l'an 2000, 4 chiffres après). |
Dans la version HTML de ce manuel, les caractères sans sérif sont remplacés par des caractères gras, et les boutons des panneaux de l'assistant sont affichés en vert, au lieu d'être encadrés.
rosetta4windows1_0c.iso.bz2
and bunzip2.exe from the directory rosetta on the ftp server of Orleans
University.
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-t:
rosetta4windows1_0c.iso.bz2 bunzip2 |
rosetta4windows1_0c.iso. It can be made under Windows (with the software
that comes with your CD recorder) or under Linux (with Cdrecord, or
with XOnCD or XCDRoaster, which provide a pleasant interface for
Cdrecord).
If you have not yet installed the CD, you can consult the manual in html form
from the Windows Explorer, by clicking on the file alire.htm, under the root of the
CD-ROM, then on the link Manuel d'installation et d'utilisation du cdrom
Rosetta pour Windows (cf. Fig. 2.1).
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netscape.exe in the directory
ast\view\Netscape\Program of the CD-ROM (cf. sec. 4.11.1 for the configuration
procedure of Netscape).
The pdf form can be displayed by clicking on the file
ast\astex\doc\en\rosetta\src\urosej.pdf of the CD-ROM, if there is a program
to display pdf files installed on your PC. Otherwise, you can launch Acrobat Reader
from the CD by clicking on the file ast\view\acroread\acrord32.exe.
The manual can be printed from the pdf version, or from the mono-file html
version of the online help (cf. Fig. 5.1). The latter is accessible from the table of
contents of the ordinary html version, or from Windows Explorer by clicking on the
file ast\astex\doc\fr\rosetta\htmla\urosea.htm.
Displaying and printing the manual are much simpler after having installed the CD-ROM: the html version can be displayed from the button Man Util Ros of Assistant Rosetta, and the pdf version from the button Man Util Ros A4 (cf. sec. 3.3.3). A pdf version adapted to consultation on screen can be displayed from the button Man Util Ros cr. . As for Netscape and Acrobat Reader, they can be launched from their icons in the Rosetta filer (cf. Fig. 2.2).
2.3.1 Target Disk (mod. 08/05/2003)
The installation program of CD-ROM Rosetta installs only a few configuration
files on the hard disk, in the directory defined by the environment variable ASTEXDIR,
or if it is not defined, in the directory C:\ast\astex. If this directory is not
convenient for you, refer to section 6.6 to see how to modify it.
2.3.2 Source Disk
With the installation by default, all programs of the Rosetta distribution are launched from the CD-ROM, as the objective is to be able to test them without installing them on the hard disk (cf. chap. 1). However, if you wish to use them intensively and not occasionnely for a few tests, it is possible to launch them from a copy of the CD-ROM on the hard disk. This allows to free your CD-ROM drive and to run programs at full speed (Note : Lauching certain programs from the CD-ROM can be slow, even with supposedly fast CD-ROM drives (30x or more), because these drives are fast when reading one big file (video for example), but not necessarily when reading a large number of small files (this is frequently the case with Computer Algebra Systems).). If you wish to use them in this way and you have enough room on your hard disk, refer to section 6.7 for the installation procedure.
2.3.3 Installation procedure by default (mod. 04/27/2003)
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install.exe to start installation. A panel is displayed,
allowing to select the language that will be used with the CD-ROM
Rosetta.
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The installation program adds also an icon entitled Assistant Rosetta and a filer entitled Rosetta on the desktop :
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It must be noted that the installation program does not add any shortcut to the computer algebra programs of the CD-ROM in the menu Start / Programs of Windows : these programs must be launched from the Rosetta assistant, and are executed from the CD-ROM. The system of menus and the file system of the hard disk are both modified in a minimal way, in accordance with the original requirement (to be able to test the various CAS of the CD-ROM without installing them on the hard disk).
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ASTEXBAS, ASTEXDIR, HOME and ROSETBAS are left as they
are, as well as the directory structure with root \ast. To uninstall completely
Rosetta, one must :
autoexec.bat the lines that are between
rem --- Configuration for Rosetta begins here and rem End of
configuration for Rosetta for Windows.
ROSETBAS from the registry database.
If the AsTeX distribution was not already installed, remove also ASTEXBAS
et ASTEXDIR. At last, remove HOME if this variable is not used by
other programs. All these variables are situated under the key HKEY_-
CURRENT_USER\Environment for all versions of Windows (from Windows 95
to Windows XP).
C:\ast from Windows Explorer (or from the directory contained
in ASTEXDIR if you defined this variable as indicates in sec. 6.6).astexdis\navig of the CD-ROM.
It is indispensable to make the tests of the sections 3.1 and 3.2 just after the installation, in order to verify that assistant Rosetta and all computer algebra programs function correctly. The other tests can be made subsequently, but it is recommended to have them all made before getting involved in studying in depth one of the CAS (Computer Algebra Systems) of the CD-ROM.
The tests are supposed to be made in the order, and are described as such. If you interrupt them at one moment, the succession of the operations can differ slightly from what is indicated in this manual.
, that has been added on the desktop by
the installation program. If the installation ended correctly, you should see
appearing a horizontal strip of title Assistant AsTeX (Note : The Assistant AsTeX is a general
program that permits to create and to use palettes of tools. The Assistant Rosetta is made of the program
Assistant AsTeX and of tool palettes specialized for the Rosetta distribution. For more precisions, cf. sec. 6.4.)
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button in the assistant's
strip, to open the associated palette of tools (or toolbar) (cf. Fig. 3.1).
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If the command window is not displayed and that you get an error message, refer to sec. 10.1 to correct it, and restart the test. If the window is displayed, the program of test starts with launching a few configurations (cf. the first two lines of the command window Rosetta, in Fig. 3.1): the computer algebra program Macaulay then, under Windows NTx, the previewer of PostScript files Gsview (Note : Under Windows 9x, the configuration of Gsview doesn't appear at this stage, because it is done during the installation of the CD-ROM. Under Windows NTx, every user can have his own configuration of Gsview, this is why it is made after the installation of the CD-ROM.).
The computer algebra programs without Graphical User's Interface (GUI) are
launched then, starting with CoCoA. For every computer algebra software, the
program of test displays the character indicating an end of command, and
the command to type to quit the software. For CoCoA, it points out
that the character indicating the end of a command is the semicolon,
and that the command to quit CoCoA is Quit; or Ctrl-C (cf. Fig.
3.1).
For this quick installation test, we will limit ourselves to verify that the addition works, as well as the command to quit the software.
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gap>) is long (1 min on a 200 MHz PC).
The commands to be typed to test the installation of Gap and to quit it
are:
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ast\testcas.log\astex of the
CD-ROM.
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3.3.1 Displaying html documents
Click on the button Aide générale of the
toolbar : this should launch the display of the general documentation of the Rosetta
CD-ROM in your default web browser (cf. Fig. 2.1).
If no display appears, maybe no web browser is installed (for ex. if you are under
grass-roots Windows 95), or maybe your browser is not coupled to the files with
extension htm. In the first case, you can use Netscape from the CD-ROM. To this
end, click on the button Netscape of the
toolbar, do the configuration of Netscape as indicated in the sec. 4.11.1, then declare
it as the default web browser when the question is asked to you. In the second case,
couple the files with extension htm to your web browser by using the usual procedure
of Windows.
3.3.2 Displaying pdf documents
toolbar.
This opens the table of navigation of the User's manual of the Rosetta
CD-ROM for Windows (the present manual), in the window of Navigator
AsTeX.
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3.3.3 Printing pdf documents
toolbar. This opens the table of
navigation of the User's manual of the Rosetta CD-ROM for Windows
(the present manual), in a form adapted to printing.
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In this section, we test their use in a shell of Emacs. This method is especially interesting because it permits to use all the CAS without GUI of the CD-ROM (with the exception of Yacas), in a window with any length and under all versions of Windows (9x and NTx). It also permits to launch commands of CAS directly from assistant Rosetta, as one will see it farther. To test this mode of use :
toolbar to launch Emacs.
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Quit; to quit CoCoA. Gap is launched then. Quit Gap by typing quit;
then quit the other CAS by typing the command displayed by the test program
just before their launching (cf. also table 3.1). For Macaulay, it is necessary to
type two times on the key Enter. Note that the prompts of Pari (a question
mark) and of Singular (the character >) don't appear. Among the CAS of the
CD-ROM, only Yacas cannot be launched in this way : an error message
Handle non valide (under Windows 9x) or Descripteur non valide
(under Windows NTx) shows off. Click on the button OK to go to the
following CAS. At the end of the test, the message runprg.bat testcas
nogui: finished shows off at the bottom of the window of Emacs. Note
that the CAS with GUI are not launched in this test, since they are
capable to preserve the totality of the commands typed in their own
window.
3.5.1 VirtuaWin
toolbar. An error message is displayed, indicating that the configuration file of
Virtuawin could not be read and that a new one is going to be created
(it corresponds to the fact that the program is launched for the first
time).
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icon appears in the right part of the taskbar
of Windows, corresponding to the creation of four virtual desktops. The
selected virtual desktop is symbolized by a red square, the other by green
squares.
icon turns into
and the cursor of the mouse reappears in top
of the screen.
3.5.2 JS Pager
toolbar. The 
icon appears on the right of the
taskbar, and the virtual desktop monitor (a miniature window with 9 slots,
every slot symbolizing a desktop) appears on the left in top of the
screen.
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3.6.1 Sinfo
Sinfo is a program for managing processes for Windows 9x. He/it is useful in case
of problem with Emacs (cf. sec. 4.11.2). To verify that it works correctly, click on the
button Sinfo of the toolbar. If you work under
Windows 9x, you should get something similar to Fig. 4.1. Under Windows NTx
(4.0/2000/XP), this button has no effect.
3.6.2 Acrobat Reader
Click on the button AcroReader button of the
toolbar to verify that Acrobat Reader can be launched from the CD-ROM. This
version is used by navigator AsTeX to display the manuals in pdf form, even though
Acrobat Reader is already installed on your machine.
3.6.3 Netscape
Netscape permits to visualize html files. To verify that it can be launched from the
CD-ROM, click on the button Netscape of the
toolbar . If you don't want to install it, click on the button Annuler of the first
configuration panel of Netscape (cf. sec. 4.11.1).
Alg\Calfor01 ( ). These programs can be launched
individually, in one command window or in a shell of Emacs, from the other toolbars
of assistant Rosetta. For example, Maxima can be launched from the toolbar
Alg\Maxima associated to the 
button of the assistant's
strip.
4.1.1 In a command window
To launch Maxima in a command window :
button of the assistant's strip to
open the toolbar Alg\Maxima.
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Alg\Maxima. It launches
the last version of Maxima in a command window.
(C1) Maxima appears, type quit(); to leave Maxima. This
closes the command window at the same time.
4.1.2 In a shell of Emacs
To launch Maxima in a shell of Emacs:
Alg\Maxima to launch
Emacs.
button of the strip
to open the toolbar Etc\Emacs, click on the button Del fenêtre of this
toolbar and close this toolbar).
Alg\Maxima to verify the good
working of this button and of Maxima in a shell of Emacs.
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Alg\Maxima to stop Maxima. The
message runprg.bat maxima55: finished is displayed at the bottom of the
window of Emacs.
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of the strip, then click on the button Alg-2 . The
buttons of the programs Xmaxima, MuPAD Studio, Pari, Singular, Yacas, Aldor,
Axiom, CLN and DoCon appear.
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button of the strip then on the button
XMAXIMA5.9 of the toolbar Alg\Xmaxima (Fig. 8.1): the Maxima program is
launched in a graphic window, entitled Xmaxima. Click on the button integrate of
the toolbar Alg\Xmaxima to verify the good working of Maxima in its graphic
interface, then close Xmaxima with its option File / Exit or with the button
Quitter 5.9 of the toolbar. For a more thorough study of Xmaxima, or
if you wish to try one of the four following programs of the group Alg-2
(MuPAD Studio, Pari, Singular or Yacas), refer to the corresponding section of
the chapter 8. Note that the last four software of the group Alg-2 are not
usable from the CD-ROM: Aldor is not available under Windows, Axiom
not yet available in free version, CLN is a library and DoCon is not yet
installed. The associated toolbars provide the documentation solely (cf. sec. 8.6
to 8.9).
When moving the cursor on the button of the
strip and clicking on the button Alg-3 , the buttons of the programs of the group
Alg-3 appear:
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button, the message
Zen - Librairie C pour calculs sur anneaux finis (Zen - C Library for
calculations on finite rings) is displayed. Only executable programs are present on the
Rosetta CD-ROM for Windows. The libraries are on the Rosetta CD-ROM for
Linux.
When a software has an official icon, it is used as image for the button of the
strip. For example, Singular (group Alg-2) has 
as
icon. When there is no official icon, the image used is merely the name of the
software on a standard background. If the background has a light-blue contour (for
example 
) this indicates that the corresponding
program is installed and usable from the CD Rosetta. If the background has a red
contour (for example 
), this indicates either there is
no version for Windows, or there is no executable program (case of the libraries), or
there is a version for Windows of the program but that it is not yet installed (case of
DoCon).
When there is a version for Windows executable in a command window, there are also two other buttons, in general, one to launch Emacs ( EMACS/ast ), the other to launch the program in a shell of Emacs (for ex. Epari to launch the program Pari, cf. Fig. 8.3). The name of the button is constituted of the name of the program in lower-case letters, preceded by the letter E (for Emacs), possibly complemented by the version number (for ex. Emaxima5.5 and Emaxima5.9 for the versions 5.5 and 5.9.0 of Maxima, cf. sec. 7.9).
There may also be one or several buttons corresponding to a configuration file (for ex. userinit.coc for the CoCoA program, cf. Fig. 7.3). To have information about their exact significance, refer to the corresponding section in one of the chapters 7 to 9.
When an user's manual is available, the group Doc includes a button Manuel . When a tutoriel is available, the group includes a button Tutoriel .
| Operation | Example | Maxima command |
| Addition | 1 + 2 | 1+2; |
| Multiplication | 2 × 3 | 2*3; |
| Exponentiation | 210 | 2^10; |
| Addition of fractions |  +  | 1/3+3/4; |
| Factorial | 100! | 100!; |
The sixth button, Quitter , permits to quit normally the program (once one entered into a program, it is important to know how to leave it normally, without having to kill the process).
When moving the the cursor over a button, the message displayed on the strip (or in the bubble of info, if the toolbar is active) indicates the command to type. For example, when moving the cursor over the button 100 ! of the toolbar of Maxima, the message is << 100!; (calculer factorielle 100 dans Maxima)>> (calculate factorial 100 in Maxima). When moving it over the button 100 ! of the toolbar of CoCoA, the message is << Fact(100); ( calculer factorielle 100 dans CoCoA)>> (calculate factorial 100 in CoCoA).
Most these buttons are usable in a shell of Emacs, under Windows 9x or
Windows NTx. We saw it with Maxima in the section 4.1. A lot of these buttons
are also usable in a command window of Windows NTx (but not of Windows 9x)
after having selected Rosetta as title of the destination window, in the dialog
box Options of the assistant (cf. Manuel of assistant AsTeX). To check
it, make the modification above (i.e. click on the assistant's button
, then on the element Rosetta in the pull
down list Titre de la fenêtre (Title of the window) and finally on the button
Confirmer), launch Macaulay in a command window with the help of
the button MACAULAY , click then on the buttons 1+2 , 2*3
etc.
| Operation | Example | Maxima command |
| Expansion of an algebraic expression | (a + b)2 | expand((a+b)^2); |
| Factorisation | Factorise 1 + 2x + x2 | factor(1+2*x+x^2); |
| Derivation |  sin(x) | diff(sin(x),x); |
| Integration | 
sin(x)dx | integrate(sin(x),x); |
The document rosetta.tex (cf. sec 4.10) can suggest some more common
tests.
| Program | Launching | End of | Quit | Works | Works |
| name | command | Cmd W. | Sh Emacs | ||
| CoCoA | cocoa | ;Enter | Quit; | Yes | Yes |
| Gap | gap | ;Enter | quit; | Yes | Yes |
| Jacal | jacal | ;Enter | quit(); | Yes | Yes |
| Macaulay2 | macaulay | Enter | quit | Yes | Yes |
| Maxima 5.9 | maxima | ;Enter | quit(); | Yes | Yes |
| Maxima 5.5 | maxima55 | ;Enter | quit(); | Yes | Yes |
| Pari | pari | Enter | quit | Yes | Yes |
| Singular | singular | ;Enter | quit; | Yes | Yes |
| Yacas | yacas | ;Enter | quit; | Yes | Non |
| Giac | giac | Enter | File / quit | Yes | |
| Mupad | mupad | ;Enter | File / exit | Yes | |
| Xmaxima 5.9 | xmaxima | ;Enter | File / exit | Yes | |
| Xmaxima 5.5 | xmaxim55 | ;Enter | File / exit | Yes | |
| WinCoCoA | wincocoa | ;Ctrl-Enter | File / quit | Yes | |
It can be useful in the course of systematic comparisons. For example, the batch
file compare.bat of content
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Remarks: To launch MuPAD Studio by hand, it can be necessary to have launched it at least once from the buttons, as indicated in sec. 8.2 (useless under Win 2000).
To launch Xmaxima, it is necessary not to have launched Maxima first in the same window. Otherwise, one gets an error (one can launch Xmaxima, then Maxima, then again Xmaxima, but not Maxima then Xmaxima).
The prompts of Pari (a question mark) and of Singular (a sign superior to) don't appear in a shell of Emacs.
runprg.bat, under WinNTx.
To modify these colors:
of the assistant's
strip to open the toolbar Alg\Calfor01, click then on the button Ed.
runprg to open the file runprg.bat in the Notepad.
color e1, add the line color fc and save the modification.
Alg\Maxima and click on the button MAXIMA5.9 :
Maxima should now appear in light red on white background.
quit();color ft
| 0 Black | 1 Dark blue | 2 Dark green | 3 Dark cyan |
| 4 Dark red | 5 Dark violet | 6 Dark yellow | 7 Light grey |
| 8 Dark grey | 9 Light blue | A Light green | B Light cyan |
| C Light red | D Light violet | E Light yellow | F White |
To modify the other features of the command window (numbers of lines and columns):
runprg.bat. Under the line mode con cols=80
lines=200, add the line mode con cols=40 lines=20 and save the
modification.
quit();
runprg.bat, suppress the lines that you added there
(or modify them as you please) then save the modification.
Alg\Pari.
and select the tab Toolbar.
2 by 12 in the fields Nom (Name) and Commande envoyée
(Command sent) of the box of options of the assistant.
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As long as you didn't modify a toolbar, its file of definitions is read on the CD-ROM,
in the directory ROSETBAS\astex\assist\alg for the toolbars about computer
algebra. When you click on the button Sauver, (Save) the file of definitions is saved
on the hard disk, in the directory ASTEXDIR\assist\alg. From then on, it is this file
that is used to read the definitions of the toolbar. If you wish to reset the toolbar,
just destroy this file.
Remark : if you want to modify a complete toolbar under editor, from the button Éditer boutons (Edit buttons) (tab Panneau (Toolbar) of the dialog box Options) of the assistant, you must click beforehand on the button Sauver (Save) of this same toolbar, the first time that you modify it (after that, it is no more necessary, of course).
Alg\Pari.
and select the tab Toolbar.
;{ENTER}^{ENTER} that is required to finish a command of Jacal),
and copy it with the right button of the mouse in the clipboard of
Windows.
{ENTER}^c^c that is required to finish a command of Pari). Replace it
with the end of command of Jacal, by clicking with the right button of
the mouse on the selected chain and then by clicking on the option Coller
(Paste) of the floating menu of edition.
Several free programs of this type exist. VirtuaWin and JS Pager have been included in the distribution, as a trial measure. If one doesn't suit your needs or if it is incompatible with some programs that you use, you can replace it by the other and retry. VirtuaWin is of a cruder aspect than JS Pager, but it didn't present any incompatibility with the programs with which it has been tested. JS Pager on the other hand posed some problems: it inhibits, after some manipulations, the function of insertion of commands of assistant Rosetta, and it can block the launching of some programs (it is the case of Serif Photo Plus). No incompatibility has been noted however with the programs of the CD-ROM, except assistant Rosetta.
4.9.1 VirtuaWin
VirtuaWin is the program virtuawin.exe of the directory
ROSETTA\utils\Vdesktop\Virtuawin. It can be launched by clicking on the
button Virtuawin of the toolbar of
the assistant (Fig. 7.1), or on the icon VirtuaWin of the Rosetta folder
(Fig. 2.2).
The default configuration of VirtuaWin is not very well suited to the study and comparison of CAS. We propose here a configuration more adapted:
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The icon of Virtuawin appears in the
taskbar.
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The option Taskbar warp permits to displace windows of applications from one desktop to another by drag and drop (cf. example below).
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Let's examine, with the help of an example, how VirtuaWin can facilitate the study of a CAS:
(Alg\Calfor01).
Alg\Cocoa, by clicking on the
button 
of the group of toolbars Alg-1 of
the assistant.
to
. Bring back the tutorial toward the left
to center it.
by bumping
the cursor of the mouse against the left side of the screen.
With this configuration, one has a first desktop containing the assistant, the toolbar
Alg\Cocoa and CoCoA itself running in the window of Emacs, and a second desktop
containing the tutorial. In this way, one passes from the program to the tutorial by
bumping the cursor of the mouse against the right side of the screen, and
vice versa from the tutorial to the program by bumping the cursor against
the left side of the screen. Make some tests to become familiar with this
behavior.
Let's continue with the previous example, to see how VirtuaWin can facilitate the comparison of two CASS (here, CoCoA and Macaulay (Note : CoCoA and Macaulays both permit to perform symbolic computations in commutative algebra.)) :
) in the taskbar and select the
option Assistant AsTeX: the assistant now appears in the desktop
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, click
on the button 
to open the toolbar
Alg\Macaulay, then click on the buttons EMACS/ast and Emacaulay
to execute Macaulay in the window of Emacs.
Alg\Cocoa and CoCoA running in the window of Emacs, and a second desktop
containing the assistant, the toolbar Alg\Macaulay and Macaulay running in a
second window of Emacs.
There remains two possibilities of VirtuaWin to present:
and lock VirtuaWin in on the current
desktop. To verify it, try to change desktop by moving the cursor toward
the left side of the screen then toward the right side. Double click on
to unlock VirtuaWin.
When the study of this section is finished, leave the CoCoA and Macaulay programs by clicking on the buttons Quitter of their respective toolbars, close Emacs with the option File / Exit Emacs, close the toolbars of CoCoA and Macaulay and quit Virtuawin. If you work under Windows 9x, it is very important to leave the CAS launched in a shell of Emacs by using their normal quit commands before closing Emacs. Otherwise, you risk to block your machine completely. If you forgot to do it and that you left Emacs directly, refer to section 4.11.2 to kill the Winoldap processes remained open, before going further.
4.9.2 Jspager
JS Pager permits to use a larger number of virtual desktops than Virtuawin, thanks to its system of miniature windows representing the open programs, and thanks to the display on the taskbar of all open programs, whatever the virtual desktop where they are. One can know thus at a glance which programs are open, on which desktops they are and which desktops are empty.
To launch JS Pager, you can click on the button Jspager of the toolbar
of the assistant, or on the icon Jspager of the
Rosetta folder (Fig. 2.2).
The default configuration can be modified by clicking with the right button of the mouse on the icon of JS Pager in the taskbar, and by selecting the option Options. The configuration recommended for JS Pager is to define two or four virtual desktops by default instead of the nine by default (X=2 and Y=1, or X=2 and Y=2 in the frame Desktop size) and to untick the option Wrap cursor in the tab General options. This option is the equivalent of the option No mouse move of Virtuawin. If you want to have the same behavior more or less than with VirtuaWin, set the cursor of the scroll bar Mouse scroll delay time to the second graduation. This gives a delay of 200 ms before changing desktop, when one brings the cursor of the mouse against a side of the screen. A window can be declared sticky with the help of the option Set sticky windows of the menu of JS Pager.
To see how JS Pager can facilitate the study of a CAS, perform the same
operations that you did for the example 1 of VirtuaWin (sec. 4.9.1), while launching
JS Pager instead of VirtuaWin. More precisely, launch assistant Rosetta, then
JS Pager, open the toolbar Alg\Cocoa and launch CoCoA in a window of Emacs,
finally launch the tutorial of CoCoA. You should have then on your desktop,
the assistant Rosetta, the toolbar Alg\Cocoa, a window of Emacs in which
CoCoA is running, the window of the tutorial of CoCoA, the virtual desktop
monitor (sec. 3.5.2) of JS Pager in the upper left corner of the screen and
the icon of JS Pager in the lower right
corner.
A miniature window representing the tutorial appears in the virtual desktop monitor. The tutorial can be changed of desktop by drag and drop, by clicking with the right button of the mouse on its miniature window in the virtual desktop monitor, and moving this miniature in the monitor to the second virtual desktop. One can then switch from the program to the tutorial by bumping the cursor of the mouse against a side of the screen, as with Virtuawin, by clicking on the miniature desktop that contains the element (program or tutorial) that one wants to use.
To see how JS Pager can facilitate the comparison of two CAS, perform the same operations you did for the example 2 of VirtuaWin (sec. 4.9.1), and install CoCoA and Macaulay in two distinct virtual desktops.
The test buttons of assistant Rosetta can become inoperative after some
manipulations (Note : We didn't determine exactly which sequence of operations create some problems with the test
buttons of the assistant and must be avoided.), when JS Pager is in use. If this happens (message of
the type Le programme emacs@ n'est pas ouvert - The program emacs@ is not
opened), try to regroup on one desktop the assistant, the toolbar and the target
software (Emacs), and retry. If the problem persists, close JS Pager then restart
it.
Rosetta.tex, of Tim Daly et al., takes again and extends a
comparative study of various CAS made by Michael Wester et al.
He/it is available under several forms on the Rosetta CD-ROM for Windows: dvi,
pdf and html. The first two forms are provided in two versions, one adapted to
the screen, the other adapted to printing. The version for screen can be
displayed from the button Doc Ros écr. of the toolbar Alg\Calfor01 (
) of the group of toolbars Alg-1. The version
adapted to printing can be displayed with the button Doc Ros A4 (cf. sec. 3.3.2).
The form html is available in multi-files version.
Every CAS having its own syntax, it is very easy to make some mistakes and to mix instructions of various languages, as soon as one tries to compare them. The Rosetta document is a very substantial help, it is therefore important to be able to consult it conveniently.
A possibility is to go into a virgin virtual desktop (cf. sec. 4.9), to display the
Rosetta document with Gsview in its version adapted to the screen (by opening the
pull down list in the upper right corner of the navigator's window and by clicking on
the element Gsview of the list, cf. sec.3.3.2), then to open entirely the index in the
navigator by clicking on the 
button. For example,
to get the various ways to note the infinity, one has just to click on the line Infinity
in the navigator :
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solve. Next searches are
instantaneous:
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4.11.1 Netscape Navigator
If you don't have any web browser installed on your machine (Note : The grass-roots version
of Windows 95 doesn't include a web browser.), or if it is an old version (Note : The version of Internet Explorer
included in Windows NT 4.0 cannot display animated gifs.), the CD-ROM contains Netscape
Navigator, installed so that it can be used directly from the CD-ROM (Note :
With Windows 95, Netscape Navigator needs the libraries mfc42.dll and msvcrt.dll. They appear in the later
versions of Windows. A copy of these files has been placed in the directory astexdis\a_copier\netscape\program of the
CD-ROM. The standard method is to transfer these files in the directory windows\system of Windows 95. You
can do it, but it is not required: a second copy of these libraries has been installed in the same directory
as netscape.exe, so that Netscape can be executed under grass-roots Windows 95 without previous transfer
of the libraries in the directory system of Windows.). There is just a configuration file to
create on your hard disk (and not on the CD-ROM, as Netscape recommends
it !) by filling in a few dialog boxes. To run the dialog, open the toolbar
of assistant Rosetta (if you installed it) and click
on the button Netscape . If you didn't install it, you can launch Netscape from the
icon Netscape of the folder Rosetta, or from Windows Explorer, by going in the
directory ast\view\netscape\program of the CD-ROM and clicking on
the file netscape.exe. In any case, the following information message is
displayed:
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a if you don't want to
use the mail system of Netscape) in the field Nom entier (whole Name),
then your electronic address (or a@b) in the field Adresse électronique
(Electronic Address), then click on Suivant. The following dialog box is
displayed:
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C:\ast\astex\config\a, instead of the directory
recommended by the program (that lies on the CD-ROM):
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4.11.2 Sinfo
Sinfo (System Info) is a program of management of processes and windows (visible or invisible) for Win9x, written by J. Aguirregabiria.
Sinfo is indispensable to kill a process that is not accessible by Ctrl-Alt-Del under Windows 9x, for example the processes Cmdproxy and Winoldap, if you quit a program in a shell of Emacs in a cavalier fashion by clicking on the button to close Emacs window, without first leaving with its own command and then quitting Emacs with its option File / Exit.
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To launch Sinfo, click on the button Sinfo of the toolbar
of the assistant, or on the icon Sinfo in the folder
Rosetta, or on the file sinfo.exe in the directory ast\utils\system\sinfo of
the CD-ROM. Note that this program doesn't work with Windows NTx
(cf. documentation of Sinfo) :
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Sinfo requires no installation nor configuration to be used.
fenêtre).
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toolbar. The table of contents of the manual is displayed in navigator
AsTeX.
fenetre but not fenêtre).
fenêtre and fenetre
doesn't work, it is necessary to look for fen or, better, fen preceded
by a blank space). Note that the choice of the chain is critical: it
would be also possible to search for tre, but one would get a lot
more bad answers because the chain tre is a lot more frequent in
French and because one could not make any search on tre followed
by a blank space, otherwise words in the plural or followed by a
punctuation sign could be missed.
The command window Invite Rosetta WinNTx is configured by default to 250 lines with 80 columns, with black characters on white background. To change this configuration, click with the right button of the mouse on the icon Invite Rosetta WinNTx of the folder Rosetta and select the option Properties. A dialog box opens up, entitled Properties of Invite Rosetta WinNTx (Fig. 5.2).
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100 in the field Width of the frame Taille de
la mémoire tampon écran (?Size of the screen buffer memory?). On the contrary, to
have a small spreadsheet of 40 columns and 20 lines, type 40 at the same place, and
20 in the field Width of the frame Taille de la fenêtre (size of the window). The
colors of the text and the background of the command window can be modified from
the tab Color.
aaroset.ini to something else, for example aaroset_fr.ini if you are
using the French version.
ASTEXDIR\assist.
aaroset.ini according to the modification
done previously in the panel Properties ((aaroset_fr.ini for the above
example).
6.1.1 Root
The root of the CD contains the installation program install.exe and the
entering point alire.htm of the documentation in html form.
6.1.2 Directory ast
This directory contains the programs and files of the distribution that are used directly from the CD-ROM.
6.1.3 Directory astexdis
This directory contains files used solely during the installation. The subdirectory
a_copier contains the initialization and configuration files that are copied on the
hard disk during the installation.
ROSETBAS, ASTEXDIR, ASTEXBAS and HOME:
ROSETBAS contains the value of the main directory of the programs and
files of the CD-ROM. For example, if the name of the CD-ROM drive is
D:, the environment variable ROSETBAS will contain D:\ast.
ASTEXDIR contains the value of the main directory of the configuration
files of the distribution. This directory must be accessible in writing, as
well as all its subdirectories, so that the configuration files can be written
there. If the variable ASTEXDIR was not defined before installation, it is
taken equal to C:\ast\astex by the installation program of the Rosetta
CD-ROM.
ASTEXBAS contains the value defined by the AsTeX distribution if the
latter is installed. Otherwise, it contains the same value as ROSETBAS.
For example, if the AsTeX distribution is installed in a drive of name
T:, ASTEXBAS has the value T:\ast. If the distribution is not installed,
ASTEXBAS has the value D:\ast.
HOME contains the location of the configuration files of Emacs. At
installation time, its value is defined by adding \emacs to the value of
ASTEXDIR. With the example above, the value of HOME is C:\ast\astex\-
emacs.autoexec.bat and in the file rosetini.bat of the directory contained in ASTEXDIR.
Under Windows NTx, they are also registered in the registry database, but solely for
the user who did the installation, in its zone Variables utilisateur (User's
variables) of Windows' configuration panel. To know their values, one can consult
these two files or type set in a command window. Under Windows NTx, one can also
examine the registry database.
D:\ast\astex\assist\aastex.exe can be rewritten ROSETBAS\astex\aastex.exe
assist\
aaroset.ini, rosetgrp.apd,
rosetgrp.lst and rosetprg.lst of directory ASTEXDIR\assist, the environment
variable ASTEXDIR being defined by the algorithm of sec. 6.2. At installation time, the
last three files are copied from the directory astexdis\a_copier\astex\assist of
the CD-ROM, in the directory ASTEXDIR\assist. The first file (aaroset.ini) is
created from the file aaroset.fin of the CD-ROM and the installation configuration,
with the help of the utility ROSETBAS\astex\config\roscfg.bat.
Assistant Rosetta can be launched in several ways:
to close the window of the strip,
of the strip.
ROSETBAS, ASTEXDIR,
ASTEXBAS and HOME are added to the file autoexec.bat (cf. sec. 6.2). This
file is created if it doesn't exist. The values of these variables are added
moreover in the registry database.
ASTEXDIR is added to your hard disk, to contain the
configuration files of the various programs, and the batch files that you
could have to modify for your own needs (cf. sec. 6.6).
docsetup.bat is added to the Programmes / Démarrage
(Programs / Start) menu of the user. It displays the chapter 3 (Installation
tests) of the user's manual of the Rosetta CD-ROM, as long as the
obligatory test TEST CAS has not been launched (more precisely, as
long as the configuration file of Macaulay has not been created).
The kernel of Rosetta is installed in the directory contained in the environment
variable ASTEXDIR if the latter is defined, in the directory C:\ast\astex otherwise. If
the AsTeX distribution is installed already on your machine, ASTEXDIR is defined and
the kernel of Rosetta is installed automatically in the same directory as the kernel of
AsTeX. If the AsTeX distribution is not installed and that the default directory
doesn't suit your needs, you can change it by giving as value to the variable
ASTEXDIR the name of the directory where you want to install the kernel of
Rosetta.
Under Windows 9x (95/98/ME), ASTEXDIR can be defined in the file
autoexec.bat. Under Windows NTx (4.0/2000/XP), it can also be defined in
the autoexec.bat (in which case it will be known of all users for which the
procedure of initialization reads this file) or in the registry database (in this
case, you must be logged in under a user's name belonging to the groups
Administrators or User with power (?) to be allowed to access it). If she/it
is defined in the two, the value in the registry database has pre-emption.
So ASTEXDIR is defined in the autoexec.bat, it is necessary to start again
the machine so that the value is taken into account. In any case and under
all versions of Windows, it is advisable to open a command window and
to type set to verify whether this variable is defined and has the correct
value.
For example, if you want to put the kernel of Rosetta in the directory
J:\Programs\Rosetta and that you choose to define ASTEXDIR in your file
autoexec.bat, add the line
set ASTEXDIR=J:\Programs\Rosetta |
If the name of the installation directory contains the white, it must be registered
in ASTEXDIR with the MS-DOS notation. For example, if you want to put the kernel
of Rosetta in the directory J:\Program Files\Rosetta, the line to add to the
autoexec.bat will be written
set ASTEXDIR=J:\Progra~1\Rosetta |
ASTEXDIR in the registry database,
go in the tab Environment (NT 4.0) or Environment variables (NT 2000/XP) of
the dialog box Properties of the system of the configuration panel. If you want
that ASTEXDIR There again, ensure that the short name of the installation directory is
correct, by opening a command window and typing dir J:\pro* (under
Win9x) or dir /X J:\pro* (under WinNTx). The number can be something else
than 1 if you have several directories whose names have the same first eight
characters.
Whatever is the way chosen to define ASTEXDIR, once its value is fixed, the
installation of the CD-ROM can be done by restarting the machine and installing the
CD-ROM as indicated in sec. 2.3.
If on the other hand you plan to use the software of the CD-ROM in an
intensive manner, this mode of use can be penalizing insofar as the CD-ROM
drive is blocked during the whole time where you use the distribution. In
this case, if you have a big hard disk (for example M:) with a lot of free
space (at least 700 Mo free in FAT32), it is recommended to copy the totality
of the files of the Rosetta CD-ROM in a directory of this hard disk (for
example in the directory M:\Copies of CD-ROMs\Rosetta), to associate a
drive's letter (for example R:) to this directory with the help of the Subst
instruction:
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The instruction subst above can be written in a batch file (for example
inidv.bat). In double-clicking on this batch file in the Windows Explorer, a virtual
CD-ROM drive, is created, from which you can proceed with the installation of the
Rosetta distribution.
Under Windows 9x and Windows NT 4.0, this virtual CD-ROM drive can be made
permanently available, by copying the file inidv.bat in the directory WINDIR\Start
Menu\Programs\Starting (?) (cf. also the installation manual of AsTeX,
sec. 18.19, Use in Plug 
Play mode from the hard disk). Under Windows NT 5.x
(2000 and XP), it is necessary to copy the file inidv.bat in the directory
ALLUSERSPROFILE\Start Menu\Programs\Starting to make permanently available
the virtual CD-ROM drive to all users of the PC (Note : The environment variables WINDIR and
ALLUSERSPROFILE are defined by Windows NTx. To know their exact value for your installation, open a command window and
type set.).
\Programs\Rosetta\-
Désinstallation Rosetta (Uninstall Rosetta) (sec. 2.5).
If you are administrator of a PC under Windows NTx and that you want to make
the Rosetta distribution accessible to all users of the PC (or if you are the only user
of your PC but that you want to use the distribution from a plain account, without
privileges of administration, to avoid to damage the system files accidentally), the
procedure to follow is very simple: install the CD-ROM normally, as indicated in
sec. 2.3, then cut and paste the short cuts created during installation, from the
installer's personal directory to the directory All Users. More precisely, the steps to
follow are:
Administrator).
H:\Documents and settings\Administrator for the user Administrator).
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Rosetta and Assistant
Rosetta and paste them in the directory H:\Documents and settings\All
Users\Desktop.
Start Menu\Programs, cut the element Rosetta and
paste it in the directory H:\Documents and settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs.
H:\Documents
and settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Starting. In the
example of the previous section (sec. 6.7), the mount utility is the file
inidv.bat.
gsview32.ini from your personal directory to the personal
directories of all others users supposed to have access to Gsview.
ASTEXDIR\config\Virtuawin, copy the file
vwconfig.user.cfg (where user designates the user's name under which you
tested and configured Virtuawin, cf. sec. 4.9.1), paste this file in the directory
ASTEXDIR\config\Virtuawin.
and click on the button
Ini Gsview NT , to configure Gsview for the Rosetta distribution.
The installation can be done in a number of ways, according to the hardware configuration of your PC (number of available CD-ROM drives, free room on the hard disks, possibility or not to use a network disk if the PC is networked). There are too many various possibilities to enumerate them all, only some examples of configurations are described below:
C:\astexcd, create a virtual CD-ROM drive by adding the
line
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autoexec.bat (Windows 9x) or in a file inidv.bat (Windows NTx)
placed in the Starting directory of the user or of All Users and perform the
installation in Plug & Play mode from the two drives (physical and
virtual).
Copies of CD\AsTeX and Copies
of CD\Rosetta, create two virtual CD-ROM drives by adding the
lines
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autoexec.bat or inidv.bat as above, and perform installations in
Plug & Play mode from drives T: and V:.
Remark : normally, it ought to be also possible to copy the two CD-ROMs in the same directory, in order to use only one drive name (DVD mode, to be tested).
ASTEXBAS, the one of the
Rosetta CD-ROM through the variable ROSETBAS, the content of these two
variables being possibly identical (DVD mode) or distinct (present
case).
On the other hand, the kernel of the two distributions must be put together,
and its location is known of the two distributions through the environment
variable ASTEXDIR. The kernel of Rosetta only adds 0.1 Mo to the kernel of
AsTeX. If you install the Rosetta distribution on an existing AsTeX installation,
there should not be any problem: the installation program of Rosetta should
detect it and should install the kernel of Rosetta with the kernel of
AsTeX.
If you installed only the Rosetta distribution and that you want to install the
AsTeX distribution also (for example to display the dvi versions of certain
manuals, or to use other programs of AsTeX), it is necessary to install it so that
it shares the same main directory with the Rosetta distribution on the hard
disk (c:\ast if you used the directory by default for Rosetta, the main
directory associated to ASTEXDIR if you defined this variable as indicated in the
section 6.6).
Every toolbar is represented by an icon, in the assistant's strip (cf. User's manual of AsTeX). When an official icon symbolizes a program, the official icon has been used. When we were not aware of any official icon, we used an icon composed of the name of the program on a standard background. If the program is not installed and that only documentation is available, the inverse video is used as an icon (cf. sec. 4.3).
When a filename begins with ROSETTA, this corresponds to the name of the
CD-ROM drive that contains the Rosetta CD-ROM. For example, if your CD-ROM
drive is called D:, ROSETTA\ast\edit\lisp\calculator.el represents the file
D:\ast\edit\lisp\calculator.el. Note that ROSETBAS\edit\lisp\calculator.el
represents the same file (cf. sec. 6.3).
Alg\en\Calfor01)
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7.2.1 Description of the buttons
ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button Etests ).
runprg.bat testcas nogui.
alire.htm at the root of the CD-ROM, Fig. 2.1).
If the AsTeX distribution is installed, the dvi form of the manual can be displayed in B&W with Dviwin (Win9x and WinNTx) by clicking on the element DVI Driver of the list, or in color with Dview (Win9x only) by clicking on the element Dview. For more precisions, cf. the manuals of installation and use of AsTeX.
runprg.bat, that controls
the appearance of the command windows (number of lines and columns,
color of the background and characters).
ast\astex
of the hard disk (Disque Dur, in French).
ast\astex
of the CD-ROM (CD).
ast\astex of the
hard disk.
ROSNETS. If its
value is Y, Netscape is used. If it has another value, the default navigator
is used.
VDOCHTM
and ROSNETS) that monitor the display of documentation.
:\ : Fixes C:\ as default directory, to test the dependence of buttons
with respect to the current directory (useful for the buttons launching a
batch file in a shell of Emacs).
(Alg\en\Calc)
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calculator.el, very simple to
use but with limited possibilities, and a more powerful calculation program
calc.el, that permits to do some calculations that are a matter for computer
algebra.
We describe in this section how to launch these programs from the buttons of the
toolbar Alg\en\Calc, and we give some advice to start using them.
7.3.1 Description of the buttons
ROSETTA\ast\edit\lisp\calculator.el). Emacs must be already open.
ROSETTA\ast\edit\-
lisp\calc\calc.el). Emacs must be already open.
ROSETTA\ast\edit\lisp\calc\calc-keypad.el). Emacs
must be already open.
7.3.2 Starter guide of Calculator (mod. 22/04/2003)
The scientific minicalculator Calculator is launched in the same way, whatever the version of Windows.
\en\Calc by clicking on the button
of the assistant's strip.
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7.3.3 Starter guide of Calc (mod. 21/04/2003)
Calc can be run in the same way, whatever the version of Windows.
\en\Calc by clicking on the button
of the assistant's strip.
Alg\en\Cocoa)
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7.4.1 Description of the buttons (mod. 22/04/2003)
COMSPEC /cROSETBAS\astex\startprg.bat cocoa
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ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button Ecocoa ).
runprg.bat cocoa.
ASTEXDIR\userinit.coc.
start cocoa.bat.
7.4.2 Starter guide
\en\Cocoa by clicking on the button
of the assistant's strip.
runprg.bat cocoa:finished is displayed at the bottom of the
Emacs window. One can close Emacs with its option File / Exit Emacs,
or restart a session by clicking again on Ecocoa .
Fact(100);).
(Alg\en\Wincocoa)
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7.5.1 Description of the buttons (mod. 22/04/2003)
ASTEXDIR\userinit.coc.
start
wincocoa.bat.
(Alg\en\Gap)
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7.6.1 Description of the buttons (mod. 22/04/2003)
ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button Egap ).
runprg.bat gap.
" replaced by apostrophes. To obtain the correct command,
replace all apostrophes by ".
startprg.bat.
7.6.2 Test of the buttons
{ENTER}^c^c (useful in a shell of
Emacs) gives an error in a command window:
user interrupt while printing not in any function
Entering break read-eval-print loop ...
you can 'quit;' to quit to outer loop, or
you can 'return;' to continue
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7.6.3 Starter guide
One can test the modules of Gap by typing the command:
Read ("X:/ast/alg/gap/tst/testall.g")
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X with the name of the CD-ROM drive in which the Rosetta
CD-ROM is.
(Alg\en\Giac)
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7.7.1 Description of the buttons
7.7.2 Test of the buttons
The common and special tests work under Windows 98SE, but not under Windows 2000.
(Alg\en\Jacal)
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7.8.1 Description of the buttons
scm.exe of the Scheme language.
ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button Ejacal ).
runprg.bat jacal.
7.8.2 Test of the buttons
Under Windows 2000:
cmd.exe :
a sequence of lines with one character \ per line appears, instead of the
commands.
quit();
Alg\en\Macaulay)
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7.9.1 Description of the buttons
ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button Emacaulay ).
runprg.bat macaulay.
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.
\en\Macaulay by clicking on the button
of the assistant's strip.
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).
Alg\en\Maxima)
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7.10.1 Description of the buttons (mod. 09/05/2003)
ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the buttons Emaxima5.9 and
Emaxima5.5 ).
runprg.bat maxima.
runprg.bat maxima55.
not found " dir ", with the present installation).
7.10.2 Test of the buttons
Under Windows 2000:
Under Windows 98SE, all tests work, in a shell of Emacs.
7.10.3 Starter guide of Maxima
For a first contact with Maxima, it is recommended to consult the interactive tutorial that is provided with the graphic interface Xmaxima (cf. sec. 8.1).
Alg\en\Xmaxima)
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8.1.1 Description of the buttons
int (command describe(int);).
8.1.2 Test of the buttons
Under Windows 98SE, all tests work (including describe ).
8.1.3 Starter guide
One can test the possibilities of Maxima from Xmaxima, by selecting the option Maxima / Run Tests (v5.9) or help / Run Tests (v5.5).
One can test commands of Maxima individually from the lower window of Xmaxima, by double-clicking on the commands displayed in blue. The calculation is executed in the upper window, and the result is displayed in the lower window, by replacing the rectangle RESULT , that follows immediately the command, with the actual result.
It is possible to modify the command and to restart the calculation.
With version 5.5 (Note : A bug in version 5.9 prevents this command from functioning.), it is also
possible to add any Maxima command in the lower window and insert the result
there. For example, one can insert 1+2 in the first line, between numerical
computations and and graphics. The calculation can be run by selecting 1+2
with the mouse, clicking on the button edit then on the button maxima,
and finally on mark for eval. 1+2 is then replaced by 1+2 evaluates to
RESULT . The result can be calculated as previously, by double clicking on the
command to launch (here 1+2), providing 1+2 evaluates to 3 in the lower
window.
(Alg\en\Mpdm02)
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8.2.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Pari)
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8.3.1 Description of the buttons
ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button Epari ).
runprg.bat pari.
in Pari.
a log/atan
appears in the integration, PARI cannot handle that).
8.3.2 Test of the buttons
The end {ENTER}^c^c works correctly in a shell of Emacs. It also works in a
command window of Win2000, but it produces a beep.
Under Windows 2000, all common and specific tests work.
8.3.3 Starter guide
All test buttons work in a command window, under Windows 2000.
Remarques : One can scroll the previously typed commands (or the commands entered with the test buttons) with the help of the arrow keys Up-arrow and Down-arrow.
Alg\en\Singular)
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8.4.1 Description of the buttons
ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button Esingular ).
runprg.bat singular.
8.4.2 Test of the buttons
The end {ENTER}^c^c works well in a shell of Emacs, but provokes an error in a
command window of Win2000. On the other hand, the end {ENTER}^{ENTER} works
in Emacs (while producing a beep however) and in a command window of
Win2000.
Alg\en\Yacas)
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8.5.1 Description of the buttons
ASTEXDIR (necessary to use the button boutonEyacas).
runprg.bat yacas. Yacas
cannot be launched in this way (error invalid Handle).
8.5.2 Test of the buttons
Under Windows 2000 :
Invalid Describer?).
(Alg\en\Aldor)
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8.6.1 Description of the buttons
Alg\en\Axiom)
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8.7.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\CLN)
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8.8.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Docon)
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8.9.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Foc)
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9.1.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Ginac)
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9.2.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Gmp)
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9.3.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Magnus)
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9.4.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Mpfr)
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9.5.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Ntl)
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9.6.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Sumit)
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9.7.1 Description of the buttons
(Alg\en\Synaps)
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9.8.1 Description of the buttons
Alg\en\Zen)
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9.9.1 Description of the buttons
Commande %%rosetbas%%\xxx inexécutable.
R : Verify that the environment variables used by Rosetta (ROSETBAS,
ASTEXDIR, ASTEXBAS and HOME) are defined correctly and are read. They are defined
in C:\autoexec.bat for all versions of Windows: check in this file that they are
correctly registered, and that there is no instruction that prevents to read them, just
before the place where they are defined (for example a transfer to another batch
program).
For Windows NTx, the environment variables are moreover recorded in the registry database. Verify that they have the correct values, from the configuration panel of Windows.
R : If you work under Windows 95, it can happen that, when launching assistant
Rosetta, you get the message aastex.exe Un périphérique attaché au système ne
fonctionne pas correctement (?A device attached to the system doesn't function
correctly?),
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Le fichier msvbvm50.dll est lié à une exportation
manquante (The msvbvm50.dll file is bound to a missing export ??)
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Si vous obtenez le message L'installation ne peut continuer parce que
certains de vos fichiers système sont périmés (?The installation cannot continue
because some of your system files are obsolete?)
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Le composant anibtn32.ocx n'est pas enregistré correctement (The
anibtn32.ocx component is not recorded correctly):
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To verify that the installation is finished, click on the icon Assistant Rosetta of the desktop. Normally, the assistant's strip ought to appear. If it does not, refer to the part Troubleshooting of the installation manual of AsTeX.
The above procedure installs a complete copy of assistant AsTeX on the hard disk.
The latter is fully functional only when the AsTeX distribution is installed, and it is
not used with the Rosetta CD-ROM (only the Windows libraries are used). You can
therfore uninstall this copy, if you don't use the AsTeX distribution and
that you wish to free a little room on the hard disk. To this end, launch
the standard uninstallation procedure of Windows (configuration panel of
Windows, icon Addition / Suppression de programmes (?adding / deleting
programs?)), select the element Aastex, click on the button Ajouter/Supprimer
(?Add/Delte?) then, in the toolbar Composants partagés (?shared components?),
click on the button Ne rien retirer (?nothing to withdraw?) to keep the
libraries. Once the logical uninstallation is done, there remains to suppress the
directory C:\ast on the hard disk, and to restart the installation of the Rosetta
CD-ROM to reinstall the few files of this directory used by the Rosetta
distribution.
Attention : If you use the AsTeX distribution, do not destroy the directory
C:\ast.
R : With grass-roots Windows NT 4.0 (that is, without a recent copy of Service Pack installed), the assistant runs correctly, but the Navigator doesn't. .
To verify if it is your case, double click on the icon
(Generalities about computer algebra) in the assistant's strip (second icon from
the left). This opens a toolbar entitled Alg\Calfor01 (cf. sec. 7.2). Click on the button
Man Util Ros écr. of this toolbar.
If nothing happens, close all programs other than assistant AsTeX and click on the
button Ini Navig of the toolbar . This will
install the more recent libraries required for the execution of navigator AsTeX. In the
case where the button Ini Navig would not function, you can open the folder
Rosetta on the desktop and double click on the icon Install Navigateur
AsTeX (Fig. 2.2). Another possibility is to double click on the program
setup.exe in the directory astexdis\navig of the CD-ROM, from Windows
Explorer.
Erreur système under Windows NT 4.0 of the assistant to display the Rosetta document,
but I get the message
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to install the libraries that are missing from grass-roots Windows NT 4.0 to launch
Navigator AsTeX (cf. sec. 10.3).
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Généralités sur le calcul formel (Generalities
about computer algebra), cf. sec. 2.4.
You can then restart the display of the Rosetta document from the GSview element of navigator AsTeX.
R : Refer to section 4.9.2 to solve the problem. If the proposed solutions don't suit your needs use VirtuaWin instead, as it doesn't have this problem of compatibility.
R : There are two possibilities to get round this problem:
(History).
LireProgsExt: Je n'ai pas trouvé le fichier (I did'nt find the
file)  |
R : One of the initialization files maybe has been damaged or destroyed.
Copy the files *ros* of directory astexdis\a_copier\astex\assist of
the CD-ROM into the directory C:\ast\astex\assist of your hard disk.
If you are under Windows NTx, check that you have write access to this
directory.
multiple versions of cygwin1.dll macaulay in the window Invite Rosetta
Win9x, but it refuses to run and I get the message:
*** Shared region version mismatch. Version 1F != 27. Are you using multiple versions of cygwin1.dll? Run 'cygcheck -r -s -v' to find out. |
R : Open the file ASTEXDIR\rosetpar.bat and set the value of the variable
VDOCHTM to N (in fact, something else than Y).
R : Install a more recent version of the common controls of Windows. They can
be installed from the CD-ROM (auto - installable file 50ComUpd.exe, directory
astexdis\win32) or downloaded from the site of Microsoft. It is also possible to
install assistant AsTeX on your hard disk, from the icon Rosetta / Setups /
Assistant AsTeX.
R : Many html files on web sites have an extension .html. It is possible that
only the files with extension .htm are associated to your web browser. If that is the
case, select a file of extension .html in the Windows Explorer (for example
calc.html in the directory ROSETTA\ast\websites\alg\calc\web of the CD-ROM)
and double click on this file. This opens a dialog box with a list of programs to
associate. Select your default web navigator or, if there is none, select Nestscape on
the CD-ROM (file ROSETTA\ast\view\Netscape\Program\netscape.exe,
cf. sec. 4.11.1).
If that does not solve the problem, verify the installation of your web browser;
verify if the files with extension .htm and .html are associated to a browser which is
always accessible.
Le programme Rosetta n'est pas ouvert (The Rosetta program is
not opened) Le programme Rosetta n'est pas ouvert (The program
Rosetta is not opened).
R : Open the options box of assistant Rosetta (button
) of the strip, select emacs@ in the pull down list Titre de la fenêtre (Title of the
window) and click on the button Confirmer (Confirmer).
Le programme emacs@ n'est pas ouvert (The program emacs@ is
not opened) (mod. 21/04/2003) Le programme emacs@ n'est
pas ouvert.
R : Open the Options box of assistant Rosetta (button
of the strip), select Rosetta in the pull down list Titre de la fenêtre (Title of the
window) and click on the button Confirmer (cf. sec. 4.4).
The Macaulay program cannot be launched.
R : Click on the button Ini Macaulay of the toolbar Alg\Macaulay.
Normally, this is done automatically when you test the installation of computer
algebra programs from the button TEST SCF .
R : You probably clicked on the bottom part of the window of Emacs before typing Ctrl-X 0: this command suppresses the part that is selected. For the buffer in which the program is executed to be displayed again, select the option Buffers / Asynch Shell Command (cf. also the user's manual of Emacs).
*.apd of a toolbar by clicking on the
button Éditer boutons (Edit buttons) of the Options box of the assistant. But when
I wanted to save the modification, I got the message The access to xxx.apd has
been refused:
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*.apd of the CD-ROM on the hard disk. To
this end, open the dialog box Options of the assistant and select the tab Panneau
(Toolbar). In the assistant's strip, click on the button of the toolbar that you want to
modify. Then, in the box of options, click on the button Sauver (Save). This creates
a copy of the file xxx.apd on your hard disk, that you can modify subsequently.
Without this preliminary operation, the button Éditer boutons (Edit buttons) opens
the original file in Wordpad, and the latter tried to save the modifications on the
CD-ROM.
ASTEXDIR is defined incorrectly under Windows 2000 (mod. 07/05/2003) ASTEXDIR is taken systematically equal to c:\ast\astex.
R : This is a bug of version 1.0b, that was corrected in version 1.0c (cf. History).
One can either delete the variable ASTEXDIR from the configuration panel of Windows
(the value is defined correctly in autoexec.bat) or register the correct value in the
configuration manel (i.e. the one defined in the autoexec.bat), then restart the
machine so that the modification can be taken into account.
ASTEXDIR incorrectly in the registry database.
Alg\Maxima and
Alg\Xmaxima pointing towards the html monofile version and towards the
dvi, ps and pdf versions adapted to printing and to displaying on screen.
maxima.info* od the
sub-directory info\en into the sub-directory info of directory ROSETTA\-
ast\alg\maxima-5.9\info for version 5.9.0, ROSETTA\ast\alg\maxima
for version 5.5.
autoexec.bat modified by AsTeX, is ended by the hexadecimal
codes 1A 00, that prevent from reading lines added at the end of file.
ast\astex\macaulay.bat.