user_doc, line break?




On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Martin Sch?necker wrote:

< Leo Butler schrieb:
< > 
< > On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Martin Sch?necker wrote:
< > 
< > < Is there a way to use line feeds in the documentation string such that 
< 
< > If you enter 'user_doc("name");' on the command line, you will be
< 
< I tried it that way and it didn't seem to work.  I found that it doesn't 
< work in wxMaxima, in the command-line maxima, indeed it does.
 
Can you be a bit more explicit? Does the prompt appear? Could you send
output from an attempt, please. What if you escape the cr? Is it
possible that wxmaxima treats a bare cr as an end of commandline?
(I do not have wxmaxima installed and have no experience with it).
Leo
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