writefile doesn't include input lines



Of course (smack head)! Since playback causes Maxima to print out both
the input and output lines, a writefile/playback/closefile sequence is
exactly what I need. Thank you.

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 12:48:09PM -0700, Richard Fateman wrote:
> I think you can try opening a file and using playback.
> yes, closefile only closes the file that was opened.
> The documentation is wrong.
> RJF
> 
> 
> Mark Lawrence wrote:
> 
> >I guess the subject says it all. My build_info() is:
> >
> >Maxima version: 5.9.0
> >Maxima build date: 21:11 2/9/2003
> >host type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> >lisp-implementation-type: CLISP
> >lisp-implementation-version: 2.29 (released 2002-07-25) (built on
> >localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1])
> >
> >The file that results from writefile("filename") seems to show
> >everything that Maxima writes, but nothing that I write, so I end up
> >with stuff like this
> >
> >(C6) 
> >                                      2 I
> >                                         xx
> >(D6)                               S = -----
> >                                       h
> >                                        1
> >(C7) 
> >                                       L P
> >(D7)                                M = ---
> >                                        4
> >(C8) 
> >                                       h  L P
> >                                        1
> >(D8)                            SIGMA = ------
> >                                       8 I
> >                                          xx
> >
> >which is not what I would expect from describe(writefile). Is there some
> >setting I can toggle to get my input included?
> >
> >Also, describe(closefile) says you should give the filename as an
> >argument, but closefile() doesn't take an argument--it closes whatever
> >file is currently open.
> >
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