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--- boxdoc [2011/10/12 11:11] – changing link to box silke
+++ boxdoc [2014/01/19 19:10] – add new window link and comment benmuell
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 ====== polymake in a Box ======
-If you quickly want to try our software and also as a last resort for the truly desperate we now offer [[http://polymake.org/shell|polymake in a Box]], an online version.
+If you quickly want to try our software and also as a last resort for the truly desperate we now offer **polymake in a Box**, an online version.
+<HTML><p><b>We recommend opening it in a new window with the following link: <a href="http://shell.polymake.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">shell.polymake.org</a></b></p></HTML>
+Alternatively you can use the iframe below, to start enter ''polymake'' or ''polymake-beta'' and please log out by entering ''exit;'' .
+<HTML>
+<center>
+<iframe src="/shell" id="webpolymake" name="webpolymake" frameborder="1" style="border-style: dashed; border-width:1px" width="90%" height="500"><a href="http://polymake.org/shell/">Start polymake in a box</a></iframe>
+</center>
+</HTML>
+==== Notes ====
 While it is fully functional in a conceptual sense the box version comes with a variety of restrictions which are listed below:
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   * no internet access from within the polymake shell
-To start enter
+For some unfortunate combinations of OS, browser, and keyboard layout JavaScript can't handle key combinations using the alt, meta, ctrl, or command key. On international keyboards, characters like "[" often need such a combination.
-<code>
-polymake
+If this affects you you could try
-</code>
+  * a different browser (opera/chromium seems to be good)
-Please log out using //ctrl+c// or by entering
+  * remap key combinations that involve alt, ctrl, command, meta to something without one of the four.
-<code>
+  * temporarily switch to a different keyboard layout.
-exit;
-</code>
+==== Software ====
+  * A web based AJAX terminal emulator: [[http://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/|shellinabox]]