On 1/13/06, van.Nek at gmx.net <van.Nek at gmx.net> wrote:
> it is possible to change the blue expressions in the Maxima Primer window and to
> evaluate them. It is also possible to write some text in between.
> But unfortunately it is not possible to save the changed window.
> If one could do this, this would be a first step to worksheets like in Maple.
> Question: Does anyone see a chance to go in that direction?
i do think a worksheet interface would be valuable and
useful to many people. my own opinion about that is that
wxMaxima or TeXmacs is a more suitable basis,
since those user interfaces are nicer as they stand,
and they are actively maintained. of the two, i think
i like wxMaxima better.
i don't know how much work it is to add worksheet
functionality, though. it is possible that some parts of
the worksheet functionality already exists in
wxMaxima or TeXmacs. you might bring up this topic
with the developers of those projects. if you decide
to work on worksheet functionality in one form or
another i would be interested to hear about it.
best,
robert