On 7/20/06, Matthew Sarnoff <msarnoff at andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> > (%i1) load("mactex-utilities")$
texput is in the Maxima build since 5.9.3 (maybe earlier)
so it isn't necessary to load mactex-utilities to get it.
> > (%i2) texput(signum,"\\sgn")$
> > (%i3) tex(signum(x));
> > $$\sgn\left(x\right)$$
>
> I tried that, but the output of tex(signum(x)); is
>
> $${\it \sgn}\left(x\right)$$
This is a bug -- should be $$\sgn\left(x\right)$$.
I'll look at it later today.
Robert