The following message regarding a display bug in 5.6 was uncorrectly
sent only to Raymond Toy and not posted to the list. My apologies for
any trouble it may have caused (particularly to Ray).
Raymond Toy wrote:
>>>>>> "Harvey" == Harvey J Stein <HJSTEIN@bloomberg.com> writes:
>>>>>
>
> Harvey> I found a display bug in maxima version 5.6. If nobody's
touched the
> Harvey> display code it may still be in the current version. The
problem is
> Harvey> that the numerator and denominator of a fraction display
offset from
> Harvey> the bar that's supposed to be between them:
>
> Harvey> [blinky hjstein]$ maxima
> Harvey> GCL (GNU Common Lisp) Version(2.4.0) Tue Sep 4
14:44:53 EDT 2001
> Harvey> Licensed under GNU Library General Public License
> Harvey> Contains Enhancements by W. Schelter
> Harvey> Maxima 5.6 Tue Sep 4 14:44:44 EDT 2001 (with
enhancements by W. Schelter).
> Harvey> Licensed under the GNU Public License (see file COPYING)
> Harvey> (C1) powerseries(1/sqrt(1+x), x, 0);
>
> This doesn't even work with the latest CVS sources:
>
> (C1) powerseries(1/sqrt(1+x), x, 0);
>
> *** - CAR: MEXPT is not a list
>
Surprisingly or not, old Maxima 5.5 (running on Windows) displays it
correctly (see below).
Regards,
Roberto
Maxima 5.5 Tue Dec 5 16:55:33 2000 (with enhancements by W. Schelter).
Licensed under the GNU Public License (see file COPYING)
(C1) powerseries(1/sqrt(1+x), x, 0);
INF
==== I1
\ x
2 > --------------------
/ 3
==== BETA(- - I1, I1 + 1)
I1 = 0 2
(D1) -----------------------------
3