Re: [Axiom-developer] Local MathAction

[Ralf Hemmecke]

Hi Bill,

> > texbreaker.mak is ...
> >
> > swig -python texbreaker.i
> > gcc -fpic -c texbreaker.c texbreaker_wrap.c -I/usr/include/python2.3
> > ld -shared texbreaker.o texbreaker_wrap.o -o _texbreaker.so
> >
> > I had to install swig (www.swig.org). Fortunately there was a Debian 
> > package.
>
> Do you use
>
>   apt-get install swig
>
> ?

I think that should work. I usually use 'dselect'. I found 'swig' there.

> > I also had to
> > gcc -fpic -c texbreaker.c texbreaker_wrap.c -I/usr/include/python2.2
> > instead of
> > gcc -fpic -c texbreaker.c texbreaker_wrap.c -I/usr/include/python2.3
> >
> > Everything worked fine up to here.

Can't you simply change texbreaker.mak? Or does it work for some good
reason with python2.3 on your machine?

> Great! You are about half-way there ... :)

Well, it would be easier if one does not have to modify files like
ReplaceInlineLatex.py or axiomWrapper.py.

Wouln't it also be an option to provide a dummy "reduce" script which
accepts some (Reduce) input and always outputs a string in Reduce
format, saying that Reduce is not installed. Could you provide such a
shell script?

> > But which URL should I write into firefox in order to now browse
> > MathAction locally? I somehow fear that the webpages are not yet on
> > my computer. Where is the MathAction FrontPage?
> >
> > Any hints?

> Well, this is a quesition of a different sort... :) What you
> appear to be asking is how to run the wiki software.

Ehm, maybe I don't understand MathAction correctly. What I actually want 
is a snapshot of the MathAction pages. And if I could have all the 
functionality of running Axiom through a local webserver (without 
actually being connected to the internet then all the better. The 
SnapShot that Bill Page provided as an archive of HTML pages is not 
completely satisfactory.

> I presume
> that you did previously install Zope, right? So to start Zope
> need to do
>
>   $INSTANCE_HOME/bin/zopectl start
>
> This starts the server process and is the way you should normally
> start the server. But it might be better to start with
>
>   $INSTANCE_HOME/bin/runzope
>
> which runs zope as a process in your current session and gives
> some useful console output. You should see some warning messages
> but no error messages.

I followed the steps at http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/InstallingMathAction
where it finally says:
6) Restart zope: /etc/init.d/zope restart

Of course, I have installed zope before. 'apt-get install zope' should 
do for debian sarge.

/etc/init.d/zope restart

has to be called as 'root'. And did not give me any return message.

> You should now be able to access the Zope management interface
> from a web browser on your system via the url
>
>   http://localhost:8080
>
> (port 8080 is the default port for Zope)

Does not work. I see a page in FireFox:
Unable to connect
Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8080.

> If all is well, then you will need to use this interface to add
> new "Zwiki" object called 'mathaction' with the (*) latexwiki
> option checked off.

Hmm, this sounds as if I get MathAction without the same content I see 
at http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FrontPage. Where is this content? And 
where could I download it from for offline use?

Ralf