User's guide/books?



--- James Frye <frye@cs.unr.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Are there any user's guides or books about Maxima?  (Other than the
> couple of pages that come with the distribution, of course.)  I've 
> been trying to figure out how to do things from the reference manual,

> but it's been pretty slow going.  Seems to assume a basic level of 
> knowledge that I don't have.
> 
> Thanks,
> James

Well, our current documentation state can be briefly summed up with the
word "sucks".  There is the beginnings of a User Manual, which might
provide you a bit easier introduction, but incomplete is a generous
word for it at this point.  I can put together a PDF and send it to you
- it's not ready for the web yet.

You might try to locate old Macsyma manuals, which will still be fairly
relevant, but that is proving to be a bit of a challenge for me so
don't hold your breath if you start looking.

Let me know if you want the PDF of the current user manual effort.

CY

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