Hi Volker,
Thanks for taking the time to test the release candidate.
> 1. I noticed (already in rc2) that in the Windows release a
> html manual file is missing.
> maxima_81.html (Function and Variable Index: R)
Hmm, that is a problem, but I don't understand why that
happened. The tar file maxima-5.9.3.99rc3.tar.gz contains
html files maxima_1.html up to maxima_83.html.
Maybe the Windows installer is regenerating the html
(and not just copying it) ?
Vadim, can you investigate?
> and generally the function and variable index in Xmaxima
> doesn't look very nice :
> there is something wrong with line breaking
Yes, this is a problem. We updated the texi2html version
in order to handle special characters better.
Unfortunately the version now in use (1.76) outputs tables
for some things, and Xmaxima cannot render them.
I don't want to revert the texi2html version because that
would cause other problems. So perhaps if someone
is interested enough, they will be able to implement table
rendering for Xmaxima.
> 2. as reported before (rc2), in the Xmaxima the keys
> [page up], [end], etc. don't work, when the cursor is
> positioned in an output line
Is this is a new behavior? It doesn't seem very important
to change this, whether it is an old behavior or new.
> 3. as reported before (I think, RJF did this) to_lisp(); doesn't work in
> Xmaxima:
>
>
> (%i1) to_lisp();
> Type (to-maxima) to restart, ($quit) to quit Maxima.
>
>
> MAXIMA> #b1000
> Maxima waits for a termination here !!
OK, this is a new problem and we need to fix it now.
Can someone identify the change which causes this problem?
I haven't been following the development of Xmaxima.
Just to clarify, Xmaxima is waiting for ; or $ before
sending the Lisp input.
Thanks again for your help,
Robert