Re[4]: [Maxima] [Q] How to get a float in this case?

>> Secondly, in 5.9.0.9beta2 an attempt to load quanc8,  load("qq");
>> or load("qq.lisp");  fails with
>> 
>>          Could not find `qq' using paths in FILE_SEARCH_MAXIMA,FILE_SEARCH_LISP

JA> Hmm. I'm not sure. I can't reproduce your problem.

I see. I reinstalled Maxima, and tried again, alas, the same holds.

I mean that if I run xmaxima.exe, all works well.
However, now I much prefer working with maxima.exe located in

C:\Program Files\Maxima-5.9.0.1\lib\maxima\5.9.0.9beta2\binary-gcl

To run maxima.exe I use maxima.bat of a single line

maxima.exe -eval "(user::run)" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

Many things work, but some not. It looks like the problems is paths.
It would be very helpful to learn how to fix this petty nuisance.

JA> Which platform are you using? The output of build_info() would be
JA> helpful.

Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600
CPU = Athlon XP 1600+/ RAM size = 1.5 Gb

Maxima version: 5.9.0.9beta2
Maxima build date: 10:50 7/27/2004
host type: i686-pc-mingw32
lisp-implementation-type: Kyoto Common Lisp
lisp-implementation-version: GCL 2.6.3

The only a bit unusual thing on this machine is that Windows installed
into C:\WINDOWS.INS rather than into C:\WINDOWS but it looks like
this should not be the cause of the problem.

Thanks much in advance for any hints or other comments.


-- Vladimir