texmacs and maxima behave differently when loading function
Subject: texmacs and maxima behave differently when loading function
From: Hugo Coolens
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:20:31 +0100 (CET)
I'm trying to load the following function called critpt.max (based
on an example by Richard Rand).
When starting maxima I get the following:
coolens at antec:~$ maxima
Maxima restarted.
(%i1) batch ("/home/coolens/maxima/critpt.max");
batching #p/home/coolens/maxima/critpt.max
(%i2) critpt() := (PRINT("program to find critical point"),
f : READ("enter f(x)"), PRINT("f = ", f), eq : [DIFF(f, x)], unk : [x],
SOLVE(eq, unk))
(%i3)
When I do the same in texmacs, the program seems to wait forever and never
shows (%i3)
Does anyone know here how to make things work from within texmacs?
regards,
hugo
Here is the function:
critpt():=(
print("program to find critical point"),
/*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
asks for a function
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
f:read("enter f(x)"),
/*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
echoes it, to make sure
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
print("f = ",f),
/*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
produces a list with derivative of f
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
eq:[diff(f,x)],
/*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
produces a list of unknowns
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
unk:[x],
/*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
solves the system
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
solve(eq,unk)
)$