to_lisp() fails on xmaxima, in windows XP in 5.9.3.99rc2



On 8/15/06, Richard Fateman <fateman at cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Maxima 5.9.3.99rc2 http://maxima.sourceforge.net

> (%i1) to_lisp();
> MAXIMA> t
>
>
> ...........NO RESPONSE....   oh, that t was printed in green.

I tried this with Xmaxima (5.9.3.99rc2) on Linux.
Looks like Xmaxima is waiting for a semicolon or dollar sign
before sending the input to Maxima. (Try entering 't$ or
'foo; or something.) That's not appropriate when it's
processing Lisp input.

HTH
Robert