Bob,
> > Thanks Volker but when I put the maxima-init.mac
> > in /usr/share/maxima/5.9.1/share (Debian sid) it does not pick it up.
> > There is not maxima-init.lisp file there either.
file_search_maxima names the directories searched
for .mac files. What is the value of file_search_maxima ?
What does file_search ("maxima-init.mac"); report?
What does "locate maxima-init.lisp" (at shell prompt) report?
By what means was Maxima installed?
I am a little worried that the file/directory stuff is messed up.
Volker,
> In 'DOE-Maxima Reference Manual.pdf' I found the following.
Unfortunately that document (of which the html version is at
http://starship.python.net/crew/mike/maxima/html/macref/)
is out-of-date. I'll probably write to the author and ask him
(nicely of course) to redirect links to the Maxima project site.
Up-to-date reference and tutorial documents are listed at
http://maxima.sourceforge.net/docs.shtml .
Hope this helps,
Robert Dodier