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