Hello. My name is James Hart. I have been developing a fairly
generic, simple interface for basic graphical algebra manipulation,
which I call MathDrag'n. I have posted about this previously on
sci.math.symbolic. The thread can be found at
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/sci.math.symbolic/browse_thread/thread/a457791bff4e94a5/17e9141820dcc77a?q=author:jamesahart79@gmail.com
The MathDrag'n homepage is at http://mathdragn.squarespace.com
MathDrag'n is designed to use a loosely-coupled back-end CAS for more
complicated calculations that my simple engine shouldn't have to
handle. Right now, it can use Mathematica 4.2-5.2 on Windows and OSX
(maybe Linux; I haven't tested it yet, so probably not), and
Maxima-5.9.1 on Windows.
My basic question is: what do I have to do to get a console version
of Maxima onto OSX? My basic goal with this request is simplicity: I
don't want to have four down-loads and three build sessions before the
user can do anything. MathDrag'n aims for simplicity and ease of use;
that's why I have done everything I can to distribute it as an
executable jar (a Windows .exe would be better, but it's too late for
that). Is there anything available out there that would be fairly
simple to down-load and/or include, which will run on OSX?
Thank you