Isn't there a formatted output modified in common lisp
that says to take a new line only if necessary?
Does this not work when we needed it? ~& or ~1& should do it.
"fresh line".
RJF
Viktor T. Toth wrote:
> This is a heads-up on some fixes I made to the Maxima main loop. Having
> discussed them with Jim, I'm about to commit the changes.
>
> One change eliminates spurious error messages by making sure that the input
> buffer is emptied after an error occurs. So for instance, sqrt(,x); now
> produces only one error message, instead of several.
>
> The other set of changes is designed to fix the "extra line break" problem:
> an extra blank line, printed after most output unnecessarily. The hack
> consists of the removal of some unnecessary newlines, and a simple heuristic
> to determine if we're on an interactive terminal (in which case, when the
> user hits ENTER, we're on a new line already) as opposed to, say, an xmaxima
> session.
>
> I have tested these changes with GCL, CLISP, and CMUCL, using both maxima
> and xmaxima. I understand that Jim also tested them with SBCL. That said,
> the logic may possibly break with other LISPs. Furthermore, I'm sure that
> there will be problems with front-ends, making further tweaks necessary.
> (Hopefully, tweaks will be all that's needed, and it won't be necessary to
> roll back these changes.)
>
> For the record, the files changed are displa.lisp, macsys.lisp, mload.lisp,
> and nparse.lisp.
>
>
> Viktor
>
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