Thanks.
"Copy of the session" means ???
1) writefile("drawsession") and send you the file? OR
2) cut and paste the screen to an email?
Mario Rodriguez wrote:
>Hello,
>
>>>I spent several hours today to get the right version of maxima
>>running on my Debian Linux.
>>The version of the distribution was too old. I thought I had all
>>required parts ready, but
>>"load(draw)$" says:load failed. I also replaced gnuplot with version
>>4.2 which was also
>>not so easy because of the dependencies.<>
>>
>>Furthermore, the line
>>
>> vect1: makeset(vf(x,y,z), [x,y,z], points1)$
>>
>>gives:
>>
>> Function makeset expects a list or a set, instead found cartesian
>>product.
>>
>>
>
>The following sequence should work for him; it does not depend on which
>draw version he has:
>
>a: {5,10,15,20};
>vf(x,y,z):= vector([x,y,z],2*[sin(x),cos(y),log(z)]);
>points1: cartesian_product(a,a,a);
>vect1: makeset(vf(x,y,z), [x,y,z], points1);
>
>(If it doesn't work, could you send me a copy of the session?)
>
>
>Now comes the draw part. If he has an older version of maxima, don't
>worry. Gnuplot 4.2 is what he needs. Follow these steps:
>
>1. Download the latest draw version from cvs (share/draw)
>2. Place it in a folder of your choice
>3. From maxima, type:
> load("path_to_folder/draw.lisp");
> apply(draw3d,listify(vect1));
>
>
>That's all.
>
>Let me know how it goes.
>
>