xmaxima is set to talk via sockets to maxima, and the
feature can be used to talk to a remote maxima server.
In common usage, maxima and xmaxima are almost always local.
Does anyone use the remote server feature? Leaving aside
the security issues, I find that the socket code in xmaxima
is somehwat messy, and has some systematic bugs in it
(after cancel usage).
Does anyone mind if we drop the remote server feature?
The code could be cleaned up considerably by using
a cleaner Tcl [open "|"] approach.
Mike.