--- Raymond Toy <toy@rtp.ericsson.se> wrote:
> I think one of graphicx or ps packages does some kind of such parsing
> to figure out how to dimension the space for the image.
>
> However, since my usage of maxima is either via the command line or
> via XEmacs, I rather like to see exactly what maxima is going to
> print
> out.
>
> I guess it really depends on whether the we expect the user reading
> the manual is using the command-line or xmaxima or some other GUI.
>
> The reference manual, when in ps or PDF form, however, should include
> TeX instead of ASCII art do describe the functions. There's no
> reason
> not to. (My simple elliptic functions texinfo documentation
> currently
> does that. When rendered as an info file, you get ASCII art, but
> nice
> formulas when rendered in Postscript or PDF.)
For the reference manual, I agree that sounds good. I don't think the
User Manual will be rendered as an info document, however - that's not
really it's purpose.
What we are discussing here is just for the User Manual. The reference
manual is another breed of cat, so to speak, which will do (does) a
different job. The reference manual we can treat as online help,
readable from any interface. The user manual is not intended to be read
from the command line.
CY
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