Maxima by Example: Chapter 1 total rewrite

Hi Edwin,

Thx for new version.
I see that there is a info about maxima-init.mac file.
Can I find there all options which can be passed to maxima during 
initialization ?

Can you write about:
- compiling commands and programs under maxima
- compiling maxima with different lisp versions
- what to do with lisp error codes ( like stack overflow)

Best regards

Adam

Edwin Woollett pisze:
> Maxima by Example, Chapter 1, Introduction to Maxima
> now has "More Bounce per Ounce".
> 
> Chapter 1 has been completely restructured, rewritten, and
> retitled in order to provide a better introduction to this series of notes.
> 
> Note that the name of the pdf file has been changed to mbe1intro.pdf.
> 
>    1. --mbe1intro.pdf : July 11, 2009, Maxima 5.18.1, 50 pages
>    2. --mbe1toc.txt : Detailed Table of Contents, July, 11, 2009
>    3. --mbe1code.txt : Code input text file: July, 11, 2009, Maxima 5.18.1
>    4. --mbe1util.mac : Maxima Utility Functions: July, 11, 2009, Maxima 
> 5.18.1
> 
> Chapter 1, Introduction to Maxima,   Topics:
> 
> What is Maxima?, 1 page,
> Introduction to the wxMaxima Interface, 5 pages,
> Introduction to the Xmaxima Interface, 5 pages,
> Creating and Using a Startup File, 3 pages,
> Maxima Expressions, Numbers, Operators, Constants, and Reserved Words, 2 
> pages,
> Input and Output Examples, 1 page,
> Maxima Power Tools at Work, 20 pages,
> History of Maxima, 1 page
> --------------------------------------
> Much of the old ch. 2, 3, and half of ch. 4 appears in streamlined
> form in the new ch. 1. Many examples discussed on the Maxima
> mailing list appear in disguised form in Ch. 1.
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Ch. 2  is likewise totally restructured and rewritten, but
> not yet posted, and will be "Two Dimensional Plots and
> Least Squares Fits".
> 
> Ch. 3,  likewise rewritten,  will be "Ordinary Differential Equations".
> 
> The new Ch. 4 will probably be "Fun with Matrices".
> 
> Ted Woollett
> http://www.csulb.edu/~woollett/