Andreas Schwarz <usenet@andreas-s.net> writes:
...
> I start emacs 21.2-1 and do C-x maxima. Then I try to enter the simple
> term x**2:
>
> (C1) x**2;
>
> 2
> (D1) x
> (C2)
>
> Why is the 2 in the wrong place? Could it have to do something with my
> tab settings in emacs?
It looks like it.
The latest version of maxima.el sets the tab width to 8 in the
interactive maxima buffer, which should take care of it. But this
was added after Maxima 5.9.0 came out. So you should probably either
put the line
(setq tab-width 8)
in inferior-maxima-mode in maxima.el or get the latest version from
CVS. (Or I could send you a copy if you want.)
Jay