James Amundson ÐÉÛÅÔ:
> On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 01:13, Vadim V. Zhytnikov wrote:
>
>>Antonio Amorim writes:
>>
>>>I can use the command:
>>>set_plot_option([PLOT_FORMAT,OPENMATH]);
>>>but I do not know where to put it.
>
>
>>You can put set_plot_option commantd
>>into Maxima initialization file maxima-init.mac.
>>Place this file in your working directory or
>>in any other directory listed in
>>
>>file_search_maxima;
>
>
> The preferred place to put maxima-init.mac is in a .maxima subdirectory
> of your home directory. If you are working on unix, your home directory
> should be obvious. If you are working on Windows, the definition of home
> directory is more ambiguous -- you should look in file_search_maxima and
> pick a logical place.
>
> I wish we had better defaults for the home directory under Windows, but
> Windows is outside my area of expertise.
>
This is Maxima 5.9.1 on Windows XP:
===============================================================================
Maxima 5.9.1 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp Kyoto Common Lisp GCL 2.6.5 (aka GCL)
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
This is a development version of Maxima. The function bug_report()
provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) file_search_maxima;
(%o1) [C:/Documents and Settings/vadim/maxima/###.{mac,mc},
C:\PROGRA~1\MAXIMA~1.1/share/maxima/5.9.1/share/###.{mac,mc},
C:\PROGRA~1\MAXI#
MA~1.1/share/maxima/5.9.1/share/{affine,algebra,calculus,combinatorics,contrib#
,contrib/nset,contrib/pdiff,diffequations,graphics,integequations,integration,#
macro,matrix,misc,numeric,physics,simplification,specfunctions,sym,tensor,trig#
onometry,utils,vector}/###.{mac,mc}]
(%i2)
===============================================================================
I think that Maxima defaults on Windows is perfectly OK.
The "C:/Documents and Settings/vadim" above is user's home dir
on Windows.
--
Vadim V. Zhytnikov