gsl-shell.git - gsl-shell

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+

+.. _downloads:

+

+Downloads

+=========

+

+The binary packages for GSL Shell are provided for Windows and Linux for Debian based distrubutions.

+

+Debian packages

+---------------

+

+The debian packages should work on most Debian based distribution like Debian itself, Ubuntu, Linux Mint and others.

+

+* GSL Shell 2.0.0 `gsl-shell-2.0.0-1_i386.deb <http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gsl-shell/gsl-shell-2.0.0-1_i386.deb>`_

+* GSL Shell 1.1 `gsl-shell-1.1-1_i386.deb <http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gsl-shell/gsl-shell-1.1-1_i386.deb>`_

+

+Windows Binaries

+----------------

+

+To use the windows binaries just unzip the archive is a folder of your choice. To start GSL Shell you need to double click on the executable.

+

+* GSL Shell 2.0.0 `gsl-shell-2.0.0-win32.zip <http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gsl-shell/gsl-shell-2.0.0-win32.zip>`_

+* GSL Shell 1.1 `gsl-shell-1.1-win32.zip <http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gsl-shell/gsl-shell-1.1-win32.zip>`_

+

+Source Code

+-----------

+

+GSL Shell is free software and its source code is available:

+

+* GSL Shell 2.0.0 `gsl-shell-2.0.0.tar.gz <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl-shell.git/snapshot/gsl-shell-2.0.0.tar.gz>`_

+* GSL Shell 1.1 `gsl-shell-1.1.tar.gz <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gsl-shell.git/snapshot/gsl-shell-1.1.tar.gz>`_

+

+You can also access to the git repository using the following command:

+

+ ``git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/gsl-shell.git -b gsl-shell-2``

+

+The older release can be obtained by fetching the master branch.

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The GSL Shell Project

#####################

-GSL shell is an interactive command line interface that gives easy access

-to the GNU Scientific Library (GSL) collection of mathematical methods for

-numerical computations.

+GSL shell is an interactive command line interface that gives easy access to a collection of numeric algorithms and functions based on the GNU Scientific Library (GSL). GSL Shell is able to work with matrices or vectors to perform linear algebra operations.

-GSL shell can be used interactively to perform calculations with matrices or

-vectors but it does allow also to write complex user defined functions based on the Lua programming language.

+**Fast**

+ GSL Shell is based on the outstanding Lua JIT compiler `LuaJIT2 <http://luajit.org>`_.

+ Thanks to LuaJIT2 the scripts defined with GSL Shell can run to at speed comparable to optimized C code.

-Lua is a very interesting and easy to learn scripting language that features advanced functionalities like closures and metamethods.

-Lua is very easy to learn and will give you the power of defining your own complex routines to use the GSL library more easily.

+**Easy to use**

+ Lua is a very interesting and easy to learn scripting language that features advanced functionalities like closures and metamethods.

+ Lua is easy to learn and will give you the power of defining your own complex routines to use the GSL library more easily.

+

+**Fast numeric algorithms**

+ GSL Shell has a special implementation of the algorithms for numerical integration, ODE integration and non-linear fit.

+ These algorithms are able to run at the speed of native code even if the functions are defined using a simple dynamic language like Lua.

+

+**Plotting functions**

+ You will be able also to create easily beautiful plots or animations using GSL Shell included graphical module.

GSL Shell is hosted at `Savannah <http://savannah.nongnu.org>`_, here is the `project page <https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/gsl-shell/>`_. GSL Shell comes with a complete `user manual <http://www.nongnu.org/gsl-shell/doc/>`_.

diff --git a/doc/user-manual/conf.py b/doc/user-manual/conf.py
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[u'Francesco Abbate'], 1)

]

+texinfo_documents = [('index', 'gslshell', 'GSL Shell 2', 'Francesco', 'GSL Shell', 'Interactive GSL shell', 'Math', True)]

# Example configuration for intersphinx: refer to the Python standard library.

# intersphinx_mapping = {'gslshell': ('http://www.nongnu.org/gsl-shell/', 'gslshell-index.inv')}