--- Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote:
> IMO, packagers shouldn't have to mess with this. Either:
>
> 1. maximabook.pdf should be pregenerated and either included in the
> maxima tarball or be provided separately.
I don't think it makes sense to include maximabook with the tarball -
post 5.9.1 it has been moved to its own module. When I get time I'll
remove it from the maxima cvs tree. If you want a pdf in there, you
can use the one currently up on the Docs section of the maxima website.
Frankly, it's almost too incomplete to be worthy of inclusion at this
point, but I suppose given the lack of alternatives...
> or
>
> 2. maximabook should be rewritten to not depend upon these
> questionably licensed external (la)tex styles.
>
> For now, 1. is the easier route to take.
Indeed. 2 would, as I understand it, either involve implimenting some
VERY non trivial mathematical knowledge in the latex style files, or
educating Maxima to output smarter tex within page constraints. The
latter MIGHT be possible, at least for shorter expressions. Certainly
the system is capable of fitting ASCII math into a terminal - perhaps
at some point internally those expressions could be rendered in TeX
rather than ASCII. I have no idea how hard that would be (perhaps
Richard might know?)
CY
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