Robert Dodier writes:
>> 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?
I confirm the problem and investigating the issue.
AFAIK make install always regenerate html on meke install
stage but why very maxima_80.html (part of the index)
is missing?
>> 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.
>
David May suggested some improvements to xmaxima html
browser just a few days ago on the list.
It would be nice is some who knows something about tcl
will take a look on these patches.
Jaime can you do this?
>> 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.
>
Are you sure this is very _new_ problem?
It seems to me that this is standard xmaxima
behavior for ages? But I may be wrong.
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