On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Robert Dodier wrote:
> Hugo,
>
>> > What does describe(""); display? It should show the entire list of
>> topics.
>> > Let us know what you get for describe(""); and we'll go from there.
>
>> It shows a whole list of "commands" starting with number 624 and ending
>> with 1156
>
> OK, that is good news.
>
>> I guess I need some |more-ish extension of the command to check whether
>> thereis something about dataplot?
>
> Enter describe("plot"); or, equivalently,
> ? plot
> (with no space preceding the ? and no ; or other character following plot)
> which should show just the items which have "plot" in their names.
> Is dataplot in the list of items displayed?
no, it isn't:
(%i58) ? plot
0: (maxima.info)Plotting.
1: Definitions for Plotting.
2: OPENPLOT_CURVES :Definitions for Plotting.
3: PLOT2D :Definitions for Plotting.
4: PLOT2D_PS :Definitions for Plotting.
5: PLOT3D :Definitions for Plotting.
6: PLOT_OPTIONS :Definitions for Plotting.
7: SET_PLOT_OPTION :Definitions for Plotting.
hugo