> What I didn't find in the fine manual, is the fact that there
> exist (at least) three different file formats used by maxima:
As I say, the manual is not particularly fine. The information about
the three file formats is distributed in a confusing way among the
documentation for save, load, etc.
> (C98) save("file_name",all);...
> (C1) loadfile(file_name);...
> Load failed for file_name
This is a bug (which I have reported for you as # 839926). To work
around this bug, kill the symbol dva before saving:
kill(dva)$
save(...)$
loadfile(...)$
> When I name every single line in save() like
> (C98) save("file_name", c1, d1, c2,d2, (etc.) );
> instead, the session will be completely reloaded. But typing
> this statement would be quite tiresome.
To save all the Ci/Di/Ei values, use save(...,labels). "labels" is an
"infolist", and the documentation for "save" refers to "infolists".
> b) There should be a way to start Maxima with label (C99),
> because lower labels will be overwritten sooner or later.
linenum: 99$
(This is pretty obscure, I agree.)
-s
PS Please don't get the impression that I am trying to defend the
quality of Maxima documentation. It really needs work!