You could read about the program DISPLA and related ones in the file
(I think) named disp to see what different programs you can use. There
are programs like print, lprint.
Changing the result of printing requires changes to FORMAT and DISPLA.
You must determine the kind of computer systems that the students will
use. When Macsyma was written in 1968, most computer displays were
done with fixed character size typewriters. Today there are many display
systems.
You must do a careful design of what is needed, and you must learn
Common Lisp.
Good luck.
SZTE Maxima wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>First of all, let me introduce myself. I'm Gábor Kozma and I'm
>graduating next year at the University of Szeged, Hungary. Together with
>two of my groupmates we have chosen for our diplomawork to create a
>student package in Hungarian for Maxima that can be used in the
>secondary schools. We are all quite new to Maxima and we have already
>encountered some problems.
>
>We would like to position the output of the print() function to the
>center of the worksheet. Is it possible somehow? What parameters or
>options shall we use?
>
>We were also wondering if there exists a characteristic representation
>of the sqrt() function. For example, instead of
>
>(C1) sqrt(x^2+2);
> 2
>(D1) SQRT(x + 2)
>
>is there something like:
>
> ______
> / 2
>V x + 2
>
>Thank you in advance for your answers!
>
>All the best,
>
>Gábor Kozma
>Szeged, Hungary
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