continuing work after plot



On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 05:18, Martin RUBEY wrote:
> DIRTY hack:
> 
> If you're using unix, you can change plot.lisp (in share/.../src)
> 
> In show-open-plot
> 
> (defun show-open-plot (ans)
>   (cond ($show_openplot
> 	 (with-open-file (st1 "maxout.openmath" :direction :output)
> 			(princ  ans st1))
> 	 ($system (concatenate 'string *maxima-plotdir* "/"
> 			       $openmath_plot_command) 
> " maxout.openmath &" ))
> 	(t (princ ans) "")))
> 
> 
> and in $plot3d:
> 
>       (cond (($get_plot_option '$run_viewer 2)
> 	     (case plot-format
> 	       ($zic ($view_zic))
> 	       ($ps ($viewps))
> 	       ($openmath
> 		($system (concatenate 'string *maxima-plotdir* "/"
> 				      $openmath_plot_command) 
> 			 " maxout.openmath &")
> 
> ...
> 
> (ie. just append "&" at the end of the string. note that the string should 
> be in one line, otherwise unix won't like it)
> 
> Should be an option for the $system command, shouldn't it?
> 

Thanks, I'll try this out. I guess since these a the source files I will
also need to recompile maxima. I will need to figure out how to do this
with debs.

Andreas
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