I think the general idea is that one uses TeXmacs to do Maxima sessions
that are documents. Last time I tried it it wasn't perfect, but
potentially workable, though I have the idea it may have improved
significantly ever since. TeXmacs is a GUI, structured, WYSIWYG editor
(yay buzzwords!) that uses an engine similar to Donald Knuth's TeX
typesetting software, and the output is of similar (that is,
outstanding) quality. If it works (and once again, I haven't tried in a
while, but it should work pretty well now) it can be used much like
Mathematica worksheets, a little worse at math interaction, but a much
better at generating quality typesetting. It can deal with a bunch of
different Computer Algebra Systems and other mathematical systems, most
notably Maxima, Axiom and Octave.
/jaap
Op 6 Nov 2003 om 22:22 heeft Peter Ulrich Kruppa het volgende
geschreven:
> Hi!
>
> I am quite new to Maxima, so please do excuse, if this is some
> kind of FAQ.
> I wonder what would the most reasonable way to document my Maxima
> sessions. I don't need a perfect latex layout, but something like
> Maple's worksheets. A document should contain
> - all statements I put in,
> - Maxima's output (including graphics),
> - my additional comments (about the problem, I am trying to
> solve, the steps I took, my interpretation of the results).
>
> As I said: I don't need a perfect layout. I have got enough text
> processors running on my machine to effect this, if needed.
> I am just looking for a fast and easy documentation for every-day
> usage.
>
> Thanks for all hints.
>
> Uli.
>
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