newbie question on evaluation of input cell

Hi, Shailesh, and welcome to Maxima.

Could you please tell us exactly what front end and version of Maxima you
are using? For the Maxima version, you can find that with build_info(). For
the front end, I guess that will be in the Help menu.

The front end to Maxima that I use (xmaxima) has no "cell" concept....

        -s

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 8:00 PM, Shailesh Ashok Shirali <
shailesh_shirali at rediffmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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