Bug in xmaxima regarding entermatrix



Vadim V. Zhytnikov writes:
 > 
 > 
 > 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

Vadim-

	Thanks for helping, but perhaps I haven't explained myself
quite well.
        Once I enter:

	(C4) m:entermatrix(3,3);

	maxima "freezes". After a while, it spits out the error. I
never even get to type "1;" for that matter.
        This is odd...I feel this is a bug...

	Regs
	Henry