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hi vadim,

> > I'll try to do such patch and test it on Linux,
> > Windows XP and Windows Me but tomorrow.

that would be terrific!

> > BTW Valker's plot patch reminded me about pm3d
> > gnuplot option (nice colored 3d plots).
> > What about making it true by default?
> > The only trouble is that it can cause
> > gnuplot error with older gnuplot versions
> > (< 4.0).  Alternatively we can turn it on
> > on Windows where we are sure that gnuplot
> > is 4.0.

can we really guarantee that the gnuplot version is 4.0?
it seems that there exist earlier versions of gnuplot for
windows ....

> If nobody mind I'm going to add new variable *maxima-tempdir*.
> By default it will be set to user home directory ($HOME or
> %USERPROFILE%) but as usual can be overridden by environment
> variable MAXIMA_TEMPDIR.

OK by me.

all the best,
robert dodier