On 4/25/08, David Scott <d.scott at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> I have c:\Program Files\Maxima-5.14.99rc1\bin in my path, but if I issue
> the command maxima in the command prompt window then I get the message
> that maxima is not a recognized unless I am actually in the bin directory.
> Then maxima.bat is found and runs maxima.
>
> What is then totally weird (to me at least) is that if I then cd to
> another directory, maxima.bat is found, so I can run maxima just by
> issuing maxima at the command prompt.
I can confirm this behavior with Maxima 5.14.99rc1 + Vista.
I'm guessing this is Windows strangeness (or maybe specifically
Vista strangeness). if you find out anything more about this,
I would be interested to hear about it.
best
Robert Dodier