On Qui, 2009-03-26 at 04:52 +0000, tomramsey at hawaii.rr.com wrote:
> I'd like to enter a (big) matrix of data by reading it from a file. I
> tried read_matrix and it didn't work (couldn't find the file, even
> after I "added" the path using a drop down menu).
Did you try this?:
m: read_matrix(file_search("big_matrix.txt"))$
if the file is in your home directory, it should be found.
If you are running Maxima from a menu, try rather opening a shell,
moving into the directory where the file is, and then running Maxima.
I hope this helps.
Jaime