User Manual



>>>>> "CY" == C Y <smustudent1@yahoo.com> writes:

    CY> --- 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.)

    CY> For the reference manual, I agree that sounds good.  I don't think the
    CY> User Manual will be rendered as an info document, however - that's not
    CY> really it's purpose.

I understand that, but you didn't comment on the stuff I wrote above
that.  Silence means yes, right? :-)

I think I've made a valid comment about the user manual.  I am using
the command-line interface, so I'd like the user manual to reflect
what I would see with that interface.  But perhaps the typical person
reading the user manual will use one of the GUI interfaces, and the
manual should reflect that perhaps.

Ray