Bug in Windows Xmaxima, was: Re: [Maxima] On vacation from 8/7 till 8/15

Am 9 Aug 2006 um 8:52 hat van Nek geschrieben:

> Am 7 Aug 2006 um 10:32 hat Jaime E. Villate geschrieben:
> 
> > 2- A bug reported by Laurent Courad: in Windows XP, if an input line in
> > Xmaxima ends with a comma (or period or colon) one cannot return to that
> > line with backspace to replace that character. It seems to me that it
> > is a Tk bug in Windows (it works OK in Linux). I could try out a work
> > around it, but I will only be able to work on it after the 15th.
> 
> Hello Linux users,
> 
> just to make sure, that I (Windows user) understand right. I read here, that in Linux 
> Xmaxima it is possible to manipulate the previous line, even if it is already entered (and 
> marked blue). 
> Is that correct?
> 
> So what does for instance 
> 
> (%i1) 2+
> 1+1;
> 
> result, when erasing '2+' before pressing the final ENTER after the semicolon? 
> 2 or 4?
> In my Windows Xmaxima I get 
> 
> (%i1) 
> 1+1;
> (%o1) 				       4
> 
> Volker
> 

Hi,

no Linux user available for any comments?

If the described bug could be fixed by Jaime in a short time after the 15th, 
I would be REALLY happy, if 5.10 waits for this.

Believe me, the described behaviour (what you see is NOT what you get) of Windows 
Xmaxima costs me a lot of nerves when teaching Maxima to young students. For them it 
would be a great benefit, if they can change (and correct) previously entered lines. 

Volker