Bug in Windows Xmaxima, was: Re: [Maxima] On vacation from 8/7 till 8/15
Subject: Bug in Windows Xmaxima, was: Re: [Maxima] On vacation from 8/7 till 8/15
From: Robert Dodier
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:16:14 -0600
On 8/14/06, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Until xmaxima can be fixed to support multiline editing properly, it
> should at least simply refuse to erase things from previous lines,
> beeping or whatever instead of moving the cursor back.
Maybe fixing the bug is as simple as postponing sending data to the back-end
Maxima process until an expression terminator is reached.
Just guessing; I haven't looked at the code.
Failing that, refusing to erase previous input is appropriate.
FWIW
Robert Dodier