On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, John Ogilvie wrote:
< Thanks for that information, but why is that not in the Maxima manual
< or Help document, or if that exists where does one find it ?????????
< I was either vaguely aware or suspected all that you wrote, but why
< should it be necessary to guess or deduce about these matters when a
< manual or Help mechanism exists, in apparently a deficient manner?
I'm unaware of a software manual which is not deficient in some (most)
respects.
Having said that, Maxima is maintained by volunteers. If you wish to see
the manual improved, I suggest that you file a bug report (the Maxima
command 'bug_report' tells you where/how) and include a suggested patch.
Leo
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