Notebook capabilities broken in 5.9.0



Please make sure this issue is in the bug database. Not all bugs were
fixed for 5.9.0.

--Jim


On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 05:11, michel.lavaud@univ-orleans.fr wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I noticed that the notebook capabilities of Maxima 5.5 that allowed to 
> make computations with Maxima, gap, octave and a few other programs in the 
> lower window of Xmaxima, and insert results in it, is still broken in 
> version 5.9.0 (it was noted already by Y. Goldschmidt 2 weeks ago, for 
> version 5.9.0rc4, cf. below). 
> 
> As the resulting notebook is a plain html file, this is a very convenient 
> interface to blend math computations with text, that is usable on any 
> platform where Xmaxima exists, and whose results can be directly displayed 
> on any platform, too (incidentally, W. Schelter had recommended me this 
> way of making computations with Maxima - with good reasons, I think)
> 
> Is there any plan to fix this very nice feature?
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> ------------------------ Message of Y. Goldschmidt, 1 Feb 2003:
> I have a problem with 5.9, not existing on 5.5, do you see it also on
> linux?
> In xmaxima, if I type something like 4*5; in the LOWER window and then go
> to
> edit, change to maxima and chose mark for evaluation I get an error
> message
> about a ] after quote instead of a space. This makes the lower window
> useless for "notebook" type use a la Mathematica.
> ------------------------ 
> 
> 
> 
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