solve(x/sqrt(x+2)=1,x)

Stavros,

Sorry for wasted time. One thing I'll do that might help: I'll change the
deprecated topoly_solver.mac to load the non-deprecated to_poly_solver.

Also, you might install Maxima 5.19; version 5.17.1 is nearly
one year old.

Barton

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>Argh!?I?have?an?up-to-date?Maxima?(5.17.1)?and?was?trying?to?load
>to_poly_solve.??Unfortunately,?the?loadfile?is?called?topoly_solver
>(remove?an?underbar,?add?an?'r').??It?took?me?half?an?hour?to?figure?this
>out.
>
>
>How?could?I?be?so?stupid???Well,?for?one,?the?name?of?the?loadfile?has
>apparently?changed?over?time,?and?more?recent?references?to?it?on?the
>mailing?list?call?the?loadfile?to_poly_solver?(still?not?to_poly_solve).
>For?another,?our?help?functions?(???solve,?apropos("solve"))?don't?include
>any?information?about?to_poly_solve?or?most?other?optional?packages.
>Finally,?if?I?wanted?to?download?this?file?a?la?carte?(in?order?to?get?the
>most?recent?version?or?to?get?a?new?package),?there?is?no?straightforward
>way?to?do?that?(you?have?to?go?into?CVS).
>
>
>Some?suggestions?for?sparing?other?users?my?pain:
>
>1)?When?a?loadfile?changes?name,?leave?a?stub?behind?with?the?old?name
>that?prints?a?warning?that?the?file?has?been?moved,?and?then?loads?it?from
>the?new?location.??This?is?easy?to?do.
>
>
>2)?Include?at?least?a?one-line?description?of?all?share?functions?(not
>including?contrib)?in?the?main?help?library,?mentioning?what?file?to?load
>them?from.?This?requires?some?labor,?but?not?specialized?knowledge.
>
>
>3)?Add?some?specific?help?functionality?to?help?find?share?files.?This
>requires?some?programming?as?well?as?as?more?documentation?data.
>
>4)?When?a?load?file?is?loaded,?full?documentation?should?come?with?it.?I
>haven't?looked?at?the?help?system,?so?I?don't?know?how?hard?this?would?be.
>
>
>5)?Add?some?easy?way?to?load?up-to-date?share?files?from?the?sourceforge
>server?without?requiring?CVS?knowledge.??The?R?system?includes?functions
>to?install?and?update?packages?(and?their?prerequisites)?so?you?neither
>have?to?be?a?systems?programmer?nor?have?to?reinstall?the?whole?system
>every?time?one?package?is?updated.?This?requires?real?work,?especially?if
>it's?going?to?be?cross-platform.
>
>
>Just?some?ideas?from?a?cranky?old-timer.
>
>???????????-s