Re[4]: [Maxima] [Q] How to get a float in this case?
Subject: Re[4]: [Maxima] [Q] How to get a float in this case?
From: James Amundson
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:15:32 -0500
On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 21:28, Vladimir Bondarenko wrote:
> >> 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.
NO! There is a maxima.bat script in the bin directory. It should set all
paths properly, as well as support all the maxima command-line options.
Creating a working maxima.bat script for windows was the single largest
effort I put into the new release of Maxima. Please try it and report
back.
--Jim