Standard maxima installation under Linux?

hello james,

> It is a Java program that uses Maxima as an external process,
> communicating via streams.  I think this is completely analgous to
> having my program sit down at a console and start typing.

well, it should be, but it is not -- at odd times maxima will try
to read something from the console, and waits forever if noone
is there to type something ... but if your program already works
on windows, you must have solved that problem.

> Am I right in thinking that the users current directory doesn't matter
> when starting maxima, as long as it has been installed?

i believe that is the case.

good luck and keep us posted.

robert dodier