tex command



James Amundson wrote:
> |abacus3>rmaxima
> (%i1) ?string\-trim(?string(" ($)"), ?string("$$x^2$$"));
> (%o1)                                 x^2
> (%i2) quit();

Thank you! The version would be:

stripped_texpr(expr):=
  ?string\-trim(?string(" ($)"), ?string(tex(expr,false)));

(C18) stripped_tex(sin(x)*x3);
(D18)                             \sin x\,x_3

I have eliminated "block" and the use of the temporary variable str.

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