subscripted variables for display



On 10/17/07, Kostas Oikonomou <ko at research.att.com> wrote:

> for example.  The whole issue is the lambda.  I knew that was a
> "reserved word", but I forgot.  It's a very convenient symbol in some
> contexts; is there no way to deactivate its special meaning?

I wouldn't try to change lambda. It seems like it should be
easy enough to work with, say, %lambda.
texput(%lambda, "\\lambda"); tells Maxima to emit \lambda
in TeX output.

FWIW

Robert Dodier