Subject: I need help with xmaxima, particularly on windows
From: Barton Willis
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:22:30 -0600
What are the advantages to xmaxima over running maxima on a command line
under
Emacs or Xemacs? I don't know of many (embedded plots, maybe). If there
isn't a way
to stop an infinite loop under Windows Emacs or Xemacs, that might be a
show stopper
for me.
Xmaxima has plenty of problems right now under Windows --- I think
to_lisp() doesn't work
and sometimes prompts get displayed before the question.
Unless somebody volunteers (real soon) that has the energy, time, and
ability to maintain
xmaxima, we don't have much choice. Do we?
Under Linux, I never use xmaxima; I could live without xmaxima under
windows provided
there was a foolproof way of using a command line in Emacs and Xemacs
shells.
Barton