command line history in Maxima 5.9.0]



On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:05:15PM +0300, Vadim V. Zhytnikov wrote:
> 
> (2) readline support is built-in but not activated.  There is simple
> way to check it. Try the following command at Maxima prompt
>   :lisp (si::init-readline)

Hi Vadim,
thank you very much for that trick which I didn't know. Now I have
some questions for you or others in this list:

1- how can I activate readline automatically without having to type
   that command at the start of every session? 
2- I used to exit Maxima (5.9.0, GCL-2-6.0999999999999996) with C-d,
   but after activating readline that does not work anymore and I have
   to use "quit()". Is there another way to quit?
3- in xmaxima, the up arrow moves the cursor on the screen instead of
   accessing the readline history; is there some way to use readline
   in xmaxima?

Regards,
Jaime