Re .mac ? why



Greetings to the List,
I'm an IT undergrad doing a bit of exploring into comp. algebra systems.
I need to have a decent workflow and xmaxima doesn't really work 
for me most of the time, except for one thing... I'll get there.

First  though, about Emacs integration.
Steve Haflich wrote:
> I suspect that little of the software associated with Maxima uses file
> extension associations for the traditional purpose of displaying cute
> icons, and for launching maxima when a file is clicked, so
> associations are less important than for other application files.  But
> one might want to add the desired extension to Emacs alist of default
> buffer modes.  See the variable auto-mode-alist in elisp.

Does this allow calling any function, or only ones associated with a 
major-mode?

As far as xmaxima goes, this may be off-topic.
Does anyone know how the sort of spiffy presentation achieved in the maxima 
primer that ships with xmaxima can be duplicated? This would be a really good 
way for me to present findings to some of the other students I work with.
[ I'm wondering if it might be able to be tweacked into something like a 
Mathematica workbook. ]

TIA
-- 
Robert W. Grieve <sonofthejedi at xtra.co.nz>
3rd Year, Bachelor of Information Technology
Southern Institute of Technology
"Gold is not all that glisters, not all who wander are lost."