[GAP Forum] Shortest words

[Tim Boykett]

Dear GAPpers,

I have previously used the techniques outlined in the Rubik's Cube 
tutorial to find words expressing certain permutations in the generators 
I am using. This has worked fine so far, but I have run up against a 
problem where I would like to prefer some permutations and use as few as 
possible of others. It seems that the very old collection AbStab.g used 
to do this, but it is no longer part of GAP. What is the current way to 
do this?

I am sure there is a very simple technique, but I cannot seem to find it.

Best wishes,

Tim