Hi,
I should have announced this a couple of days ago. The command-line
options for maxima and xmaxima have changed. The motivation for the
change was to get maxima and xmaxima working happily together. I *hope*
that the command line will not change after 5.9.0 is released. I would
like to *guarantee* that they won't change after 6.0 is released.
If you have any strong opinions about the command line, now would be the
time to voice them.
Even though some of the documentation is lagging (particularly the man
pages) the interactive help for the command line should always be
correct. Here's what maxima and xmaxima give now:
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|addiator>maxima --help
usage: maxima [options]
options:
-h, --help: Display this usage message.
-l <lisp>, --lisp=<lisp>: Use lisp implementation <lisp>. Leave
<lisp>
empty to see the list of possible values.
-u <version>, --use-version=<version>: Launch maxima version
<version>.
Leave <version> empty to see
the
list of possible values.
-b <file>, --batch=<file>: Process <file> in maxima batch mode.
--batch-lisp=<file>: Process lisp file <file> in batch mode.
--batch-string=<string>: Process <string> in maxima batch mode.
-r <string>, --run-string=<string>: Process <string> in maxima
interactive
mode.
-p <lisp_file>, --preload-lisp=<lisp_file>: Preload <lisp_file>
-v, --verbose: Print extra information from the maxima wrapper
script.
|addiator>xmaxima --help
usage: xmaxima [options] [url]
If given, [url] will be opened in the help browser instead
of the default starting page.
options:
--help: Display this usage message.
-l <lisp>, --lisp=<lisp>: Use lisp implementation <lisp>.
--use-version=<version>: Launch maxima version <version>.
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--Jim
P.S. Yes, the xmaxima options are a somewhat strange subset of the
maxima options, e.g., the maxima -u option is not available in xmaxima,
but the --use-version option is. The reason is some interaction with
wish I do not understand...