Bug in xmaxima regarding entermatrix



synthespian wrote:

> Hello-
>
>         It seems there's a bug in xmaxima.
>         My xmaxima runs on a Debian (potato). It was build from Woody
> sources with the fakeroot package, according to instructions by Camm
> Maguire.
>         This behavior is odd:
>
>
> (C4) m:entermatrix(3,3);
>
> Is the matrix  1. Diagonal  2. Symmetric  3. Antisymmetric  4. General
> Answer 1, 2, 3 or 4 : Incorrect syntax: : is not a prefix operator
> \n:l
>   ^
> (C5) Incorrect syntax: LINEL is not an infix operator
> p-quiet (setq linel
>                   ^
> (C5) Incorrect syntax: Too many )'s
> 112)
>   ^
> (C5)
>
>         Furthermore, it takes __forever__ to evaluate
> m:entermatrix(3,3);
>         This does not happen with the normal potato Maxima package
> (not Xmaxima, that is).
>         What should I do?
>         TIA,
>         best regards,
>
>         Henry
>         synthespian@uol.com.br

It is xmaxima feature. Xmaxima at present do not understand EOF.
Instead it expects to see ; as the end of input. So just type 1; instead
of 1.
It is not quite nice but it works. This is true in all other cases  when
xmaxima ask you for some input.

Best wishes

Vadim

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