It's a little unclear here, but I suspect that you do not
need xmaxima or wxmaxima.
You could just use a console maxima,
and have it produce a character string which is a latex command
(use tex(compute_the_answer_here); )
You can then use whatever program you had in mind to process the latex
to png and go from there.
OR
I will suggest (once again) that whatever the external application is,
you may find it simpler to load it into maxima, at which point the
interaction
between the two programs can be much better. Most Lisp systems are well
equipped to load libraries written originally in other languages.
RJF
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Andrej Vodopivec
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 7:46 AM
> To: DieMongo
> Cc: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Subject: Re: [Maxima] wxmaxima - output equations as images
>
> On 10/4/06, DieMongo <diemongo at yahoo.dk> wrote:
> > Hi again!
> >
> > Thanks for your quick reply!!
> >
> > I'll try to explain what I'm looking for:
> > From an external application communicating with Xmaxima, I
> receive the
> > latex output as result. This output is now transformed into an png
> > image using the mimetex application. (see
> > http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html)
> > Since wxmaxima is producing nice output, the idea is to drop the
> > mimetex application, but I need access to those images:
> >
> > 1) Have a look in the file menu, and you'll find "Export to HTML".
> > - Is gnuplot responsible for the images created here?
> >
> > 2) Type this line in wxmaxima: (2*x -14)/5 = 0;
> > - Right click at the output, and you'll see the option
> 'Copy as image'.
> > - How is this image produced?
>
> These images are produced by wxmaxima. It is not possible to
> create them without using wxmaxima as a GUI (which seems to
> be what you would like to do).
>
> Andrej
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