hello viktor,
you wrote in part:
> I personally find the current CVS behavior
> less annoying (I also prefer to move forward, completing a partial fix as
> opposed to rolling it back), but I guess it's a matter of taste, choosing
> the lesser of two evils... In the long run, we ought to properly fix this
> issue.
[...]
> By removing the ~&, I eliminated this problem, but we now have a new problem
> when outputs from Maxima run together on the same line, with no newline in
> between. These can be fixed by addressing each case individually, but that's
> a fair bit of work.
i'm in favor of completing the approach which you started.
i will apply some kind of expedient patch to the release branch,
but let's continue down the path you have suggested on the main branch.
if you can outline what remains to be done that will be very helpful.
thanks for your help,
robert dodier