Richard Fateman wrote:
> command line options? would it be compatible if the only option was to
> read specifications from a file [or not]?
>
Yes and no. The particular issue raised by Michel is being able to
start cmucl with the option -dynamic-space-size to set the heap size.
This has to come from the command line and not from some file because by
then it's too late.
Basically, the intent is to give some special command-line options to
the underlying Lisp that can't be done in any other way.
> I have never used command line options myself in xmaxima wxmaxima, ...
>
That's my expectation for most users. As I said, I only ever use -g (so
I get the Lisp debugger), and -l once in a while so I can test maxima
with some different lisps.
Ray