Updated PC port



Hello David,

> Glad things are improving.

Yes, It seems to be perfect at 99%, just the describe pb 

> The describe command will not work unless MAXIMA_PREFIX is
> set correctly (or the default works).

I set it, cf below. Maybe a trivial mistake?
 

Here are the results of my tests with xmaxima.bat, containing:

rem # set MAXIMA_PREFIX=c:/programs/maxima-5.9
set MAXIMA_PREFIX=n:/ast/alg/maxima-5.9
set XMAXIMA_MAXIMA=%MAXIMA_PREFIX%/lib/maxima/5.9.0rc1/binary-gcl/maxima.exe
start %ROSETBAS%\alg\maxima-5.9\xmaxima\xmaxima.exe


where ROSETBAS is defined in autoexec.bat as "set ROSETBAS=n:\ast".
Compared to your xmaxima.bat, it was just necessary to add the full path to 
xmaxima.exe.

With this xmaxima.bat, everything seems to work fine, except describe: full test 
is OK, 2d and 3d plots are OK, rotating 3d plot works, so I would say it is 
perfect to 99.99% The only problem remaining for me is describe, which breaks 
down consistently, saying:

(C1) describe (diff);
)
Error: Cannot open the file NIL.
Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
Error signalled by CATCH.
Broken at MACSYMA-TOP-LEVEL.  Type :H for Help.
MAXIMA>>

> Could you try running maxima from the command line (or .bat file)
> using something like
> 
> set MAXIMA_PREFIX=c:/programs/maxima-5.9
> start %MAXIMA_PREFIX%/lib/maxima/5.9.0rc1/binary-gcl/maxima.exe -eval (run)

Second test with maxima.bat you give above, modified by replacing c:\programs by 
n:\ast\alg:

rem #  set MAXIMA_PREFIX=c:/programs/maxima-5.9
set MAXIMA_PREFIX=n:/ast/alg/maxima-5.9
start %MAXIMA_PREFIX%/lib/maxima/5.9.0rc1/binary-gcl/maxima.exe -eval

which gives the message:

GCL (GNU Common Lisp)  Version(2.5.0) Tue Sep  3 21:55:04 AUSEST 2002
Licensed under GNU Library General Public License
Contains Enhancements by W. Schelter

Error: NIL is not of type STRING.
Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
Error signalled by SYSTEM:TOP-LEVEL.
Broken at SYSTEM:TOP-LEVEL.  Type :H for Help.
>>

Tests were done under Win98SE only, I will try to test it under WinNT to-morrow

Best wishes
Michel


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