>>>>> "Albert" == Albert Reiner <areiner@tph.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
Albert> So now that I know about exponentialize, I wanted to read its
Albert> documentation. This resulted in major confusion about what describe
Albert> actually does:
Albert> ,----
Albert> | (C1) describe(exponentialize);
Albert> |
Albert> |
Albert> |
Albert> | Info from file /usr/share/info/maxima.info:
Albert> | - Variable: FALSE
Albert> | - the Boolean constant, false. (NIL in LISP)
Albert> |
Albert> | (D1) FALSE
Albert> `----
What version of maxima? What lisp?
FWIW, I get
(%i4) describe(exponentialize);
Info from file /apps/public/src/toy/maxima/doc/info/maxima.info:
- Variable: EXPONENTIALIZE
default: [FALSE] if TRUE will cause all circular and hyperbolic
functions to be converted to exponential form. (Setting
DEMOIVRE:TRUE; will reverse the effect.) EXPONENTIALIZE(exp) will
cause the conversion to exponential form of an expression without
setting the switch or having to re-evaluate the expression with EV.
I don't have to use strings.
Also, a nice short cut that I use all the time is to use "?":
(%i5) ? exponentialize
(This doesn't work if you use a string.)
Ray