Vadim V. Zhytnikov writes:
> Indeed there is problem with entermatrix on GCL Maxima.
> Try entermatrix on the console.
Vadim-
Indeed, it works on the console.
Regs
Henry
Bellow, previous discussion:
It works but old prompts
> are repeated. This obviously indicates that some (terpri)
> is missing. xmaxima behaves a bit differently and under it
> prompt just newer appears on the screen.
>
> With Clisp Maxima entermatrix works fine both on
> console and under xmaxima.
>
> synthespian wrote:
>
> > 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
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