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GMath - Gnome-Python mathematical environment

Authors: Hassan Aurag <aurag@users.sourceforge.net>

Janko Hauser <jhauser@users.sourceforge.net>

GMath aims to use the ease of use and power of python, gnome, and numerical python and some more to come (in a very far future), to give you an environment where it is agreable to do maths a la Mathematica from Wolfram research. This piece of software (Mathematica) will be my inspiration all along! Please note that this is my first step into any kind of programming. I am a mathematician and use this to do some statistical physics. I have used a modified version of this to compute solutions to systems of second order polynomial (muchos variables) equations and study their behavior. It turned out python was great and easy to use.

Thus came this thing into existence.
It is now usable as a nice environment, even though still feature-limited, for doing Numerical Simulations.

Version 1.0.0 Roadmap:

I hope to achieve the following:

        1- Colors for the terminal shell that recognizes python words. Think of the python emacs mode, or idle which comes with python 1.5.2
        2- Add help texts for all available Numerical functions
        3- Add a demo on how to use this.
        4- Add a module editor (with colors) and class browser (this is done actually already but not yet used to its full potential)
        5- Add basic inline drawing functions. I hope to use Bonobo and some already existing gnome drawing program!
        6- Add a wizard to assist in creation of your modules.
        7- Add interface to other programs like Dr Genius.
        8- Add a plugin architecture (this part is vaporware).

Compilation and Installation

You need python 1.5.2, gnome-python, pygtk, NumPy, gtkextra, their python bindings and gtkhtml.

Then execute the INSTALL script.

You can use UNINSTALL script to uninstall the thing.

NB: You need to be root to perform both operations!

Contacting the Authors

Please visit the GMatH homepage at http://gmath.sourceforge.net