newbie question on evaluation of input cell

Hi,

I have only just started on Maxima and want to find out whether the 

behavior I am seeing (on evaluation of an input cell) is the intended 

one.



When I click on "Insert new cell" (the cogged wheel) I get a red open 

bracket (as intended); but when I enter some input, say



2+3



and press Shift Enter, the cursor simply jumps to the line below (so an 

empty new line gets created). The same happens if I enter the input 

with a semi-colon (2+3;).



But the manual says that that's the way to get the output.



On the other hand, I can get the output by manually highlighting the 

input text (2+3) and clicking the Simplify or Simplify (r) buttons. 



The same is the case for any kind of input, e.g., a summation.



Is the way it is supposed to be or am I missing something?



Thanks!



Shailesh