Thanks for all your answers!!
>> 1) I'm not able to use special functions because every time I try:
>>
>> load("specfun.o")$
>>
>> I get the following error message:
>>
>> Could not find `specfun.o' using paths in
>> FILE_SEARCH_MAXIMA,FILE_SEARCH_LISP...
>
> Um. Did you try load(specfun)$ ?
load(specfun)$ works (actually I found load(specfun.o)$ on the
Reference Manual).
> You need to copy the emaxima.sty file to a place where latex can find
> it,
> for example the maximabook directory:
Now I'm able to compile the Maxima Book. It seems well done even if in
preliminary stage. I'm starting to study Maxima. I'll post more
questions soon... ;-)
Thanks again,
Andrea.
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Andrea Riciputi
"Science is like sex: sometimes something useful comes out,
but that is not the reason we are doing it" -- (Richard Feynman)