Subject: Maxima 5.9.1 and TeXmacs for Windows AGAIN
From: Andrey G. Grozin
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:38:42 +0600 (NOVT)
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004, Jordan Tuzsuzov wrote:
> I search the archives and even the big number of posts
> of this theme i didn't understand an easy way to run
> maxima as a texmacs session under widnows. I set the
> variables, the path, i have both programs installed, i
> go to texmacs and INsert->Session->Maxima, but i get
> the message "Plugin 'Maxima' not declared" and that's
> all.
> The point is (on my oppinion), that maxima "suffers"
> of bad look and even the powerful core it can not
> become popular if it is not user-friendly. Even very
> small programs like EigenMath ( www.eigenhead.com )
> has better interface. I think to make Maxmia more
> popular and widely used, the connection between Maxima
> and front-ends like TeXmacs should be easyer.
This connection is very easy under Linux and other Unix-like systems:
everything just works out of the box. Problems you find only occur under
MS Windows.
Andrey