Subject: I need help with xmaxima, particularly on windows
From: Nikolaos I. Ioakimidis
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:08:01 +0200
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<michel.lavaud@univ-orleans.fr> wrote:
> If you would like to test the use of Maxima in an Emacs shell, you can
> download Rosetta's cdrom iso file, burn a cdrom with it, and install it on
> you PC : Emacs is preinstalled, and using Maxima from it is described in
> this page:
>
> http://www.univ-orleans.fr/EXT/ASTEX/astex/doc/en/rosetta/html/urse19.htm
>
> Everything is run from the cd, only 0.3Mb of config files are written on
> the hard disk. The user's manual in pdf form can be downloaded from the
> link at the bottom of main page of the User's guide:
>
> http://www.univ-orleans.fr/EXT/ASTEX/astex/doc/en/rosetta/html/urose.htm
>
> Yes, I agree Maxima notebooks are very nice. The Rosetta cdrom contains
> both versions 5.5 and 5.9.0, and each version can be run directly from the
> cdrom by one click on a button, either in Xmaxima, or in a command window,
> or in an Emacs shell, without interacting with the other version. Adding
> the latest version 5.9.1, usable in a command window or in an Emacs shell,
> would be easy, I think. As a temporary solution (i.e. waiting for updated
> Xmaxima) this might allow, for example, to use Xmaxima 5.9.0 for current
> work, and use the latest version 5.9.1 to benefit of corrected bugs,
> additional Maxima packages or perform double-checking of results, etc.
> Would this be of any help for you?
Dear Michel,
Naturally, it is very helpful!
I am extremely grateful to you for your recent message that I
have just received and the so valuable information included in it
about Rosetta and the possibilities of using Maxima through it.
All of your suggestions are very interesting to me and I will
try to use Rosetta and the so many facilities it offers for Maxima
very soon. The possibilities of using Maxima 5.5, 5.9.0 and 5.9.1
(5.9.1 in the future) both through XMaxima and in an Emacs shell
are also very interesting. Surely, I will try some of these possibilities!
Many, many sincere thanks for your so precious help!
Best regards from Patras,
Nikos