Slime vs Maxima's nregex



>>>>> "Nikodemus" == Nikodemus Siivola  writes:

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    Nikodemus> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Raymond Toy wrote:

    >> While playing with Maxima and slime, I've run into a problem.  Both
    >> maxima and slime use the nregex package.  This would be ok, but we've
    >> modified nregex slightly to make it do what we want, and the changes
    >> are compatible with slime's version.
    >> 
    >> To prevent collision, I propose we change the package that nregex is
    >> in from NREGEX to MAXIMA-NREGEX.  This shouldn't be a problem and
    >> should prevent collisions with other NREGEX packages in use.

    Nikodemus> Might it be less work for both Slime and Maxima in the long run to
    Nikodemus> register nregex on sourceforge or clnet, or even just keep it in
    Nikodemus> a separate module within either project's CVS, so that there would
    Nikodemus> once again be an upstream for it?

I thought about that.  If someone wants to take ownership of nregex,
I'd be more than happy to help.  I just didn't want to be that
someone.  :-)

It's already just one file so keeping them synchronized wouldn't be
too hard.

Ray