Using maxima-cvs with TeXmacs



> C Y <smustudent1@yahoo.com>.
> > Andrey

> > Also, it should be possible to simplify texmacs.lisp, because many
> > changes were incorporated into mactex.lisp. But the interface still 
> > has a lot of problems. The main problem is: how to recognize prompts?
> 
> > Especially the break prompt (MAXIMA>> in gcl) and the prompt
> generated 
> > by info (or was it help, or describe? don't remember). They are 
> > produced by the underlying Lisp, and different for different Lisps. I
> 
> > suppose, other interfaces, e.g., Emaxima, have solved these problems 
> > somehow.
> 
> You'll have to ask Jay about Emaxima, but you have a good point.

Emaxima doesn't handle that very well, it's something I just never
came across.  It should be easy to take care of, though.  The prompt
is just a regular expression that Emacs searches for, and it just
needs a regular expression that includes all possible prompts.
(I'll get around to that soon...)

> > I'm waiting for 5.9 to appear. Then, I'll change tm_maxima and
> > texmacs.lisp in the TeXmacs distribution, and I'll try to incorporate
> > useful bits and ideas from Emaxima. 

Well, emaxima.lisp is just a slightly modified version of
imaxima.lisp, which I think is just a slightly modified version of
texmacs.lisp.

Jay