On 4/23/06, Richard Fateman <fateman at cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> 1. Allow lines like this:
>
> :lisp (defun $atom_parts (x)(cons '($SET) (newvar x)))
>
> to be in a batch file. The occasional quick patch in lisp could then
> be inserted into the maxima file.
Actually, batch already recognizes :lisp lines.
load doesn't, though. load uses a different mechanism
to read stuff in, so I guess it's load that needs patching here.
> 2. When echoing material from a batch file, echo the lines, not
> some displayed version. e.g. I don't really want to see the program
> echoed verbosely with stuff like
> a
> -----
> b
Maybe batch can display input expressions with grind.
Robert