> > stringout("fname",[1,1000],2);
> > prints input lines 1 through 1000 to file fname with 2 additional newlines
> > between every input.
> > I can send it if you think its useful, but maybe its better to wait until s(if)
> > someone has the time to think more carefully about how to extend stringout.
>
> To be honest, it doesn't sound interesting. I think the applicability of
> this new feature is too narrow.
>
> Maxima's input and output functions have accreted over the decades
> and there is no coherent organization to them; perhaps someday we
> can reorganize all that stuff in some comprehensible way.
Agreed. Its not only narrow, but, as it is, does not
work with other ways to call stringout.
regards,
John