Dear Nikos,
Thanks very much! That did it.
Dear Maxima List,
This is very helpful. Perhaps for the benefit of others a link could be added
to the appropriate Maxima page, with Mike's permission, and with downloading
rules as needed?
-- Bill
William H. Wing
University of Arizona
>-- Original Message --
>From: "Nikolaos I. Ioakimidis" <ioakimidis at otenet>
>To: <wwing@email.arizona.edu>, "Richard Fateman" <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu>,
> "C Y" <smustudent1@yahoo.com>
>Cc: <macrakis@alum.mit.edu>, "'Maxima List'" <maxima@mail.ma.utexas.edu>,
> <wwing@u.arizona.edu>, "Nikolaos I. Ioakimidis" <ioakimidis@otenet.gr>
>Subject: Re: [Maxima] Request for PDF version of manual
>Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 12:13:04 +0300
>
>
>
>Dear Bill,
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>According to Mike in his message of September 26, 2003
>to the Maxima mailing list (communicated to me too)
>
>http://www.ma.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2002/002824.html
>
>the pdf version of his so interesting DOE-Maxima Reference
>manual can be found (even today) at the address:
>
>http://starship.python.net/crew/mike/TixMaxima
>
>in its modified and improved form of September 2002.
>I am not sure about any recent revisions.
>
>I believe Mike has no objection to downloading and reading,
>but for distribution a request should be made directly to Mike.
>As far as I am concerned, I had distributed the Manual to
>some of my students after a permission by Mike.
>
>> > Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>> I think the commercial macsyma documentation is on the
>> distribution, including the "free" demo distribution,
>> as postscript. It is not clear what one can do with
>> this.
>> RJF
>
>The commercial Macsyma documentation is also very
>interesting and much more extended of course, but it
>also includes the improvements in commercial Macsyma
>not present in Maxima so far. Moreover, no copying
>and distribution seem possible without a written permission
>by the present owner of the rights.
>
>I do not know if I have added something to this question.
>
>Best regards from Patras,
>
>Nikos
>
>> <wwing@email.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
>
>> Thanks to all. I'll look for a Postscript file, and will hope to hear
>about
>> any .pdf developments.
>>
>> - Bill
>
>> > Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
>> >I think the commercial macsyma documentation is on the
>> >distribution, including the "free" demo distribution,
>> >as postscript. It is not clear what one can do with
>> >this.
>> >RJF
>> >
>> >C Y wrote:
>> >> I think I asked about this a while back - I can't remember what Mike
>> >> said. I suppose if all else fails one could be created out of the
>> >> html. If no other response appears I'll have a look tonight and see
>> >> how tough that would be.
>> >>
>> >> CY
>> >>
>> >> --- Stavros Macrakis <stavros.macrakis@verizon.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>I found this request in the bug database. I have reclassified it as
>> >>>a
>> >>>"support request". I am not sure if anyone actually answers support
>> >>>requests submitted via the bug database, so I am forwarding it to the
>> >>>list for possible replies.
>> >>>
>> >>> -s
>
>> >>>Hi, this is really not a bug, but a request. I'm very
>> >>>happy to have found the DOE Macsyma reference
>> >>>manual, with updates by Clarkson, on your web site,
>> >>>but wonder whether you could post a .pdf version
>> >>>(as you did with the original edition), for those of us
>> >>>who still prefer curling up with a book & cup of
>> >>>coffee to a monitor & ditto. I'm hoping to make this
>> >>>my summer reading, in a place with superb
>> >>>mountain scenery but no net connection.
>> >>>
>> >>>Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>>Bill
>> >>>
>> >>>William H. Wing
>> >>>Physics Department
>> >>>University of Arizona
>> >>>Tucson, AZ 85721
>> >>>wwing@u.arizona.edu
>
>
>