lower case gamma letter in maxima [not Euler-Mascheroni constant]

Julien Martin <balteo at gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
> Can anyone please tell me how to use the gamma greek letter as my own
> variable name and circumvent the Euler-Mascheroni constant (%gamma)?
> Thanks in advance,
> Julien.

What frontend are you using? WxMaxima? If you're using maxima from
emacs and with a UTF-capable lisp, life's simple: use ? as your variable
name... This isn't the same as %gamma, which is a six-character string.

The way WxMaxima works is to translate %greekletter to the corresponding
letter on display. Obviously, then the only way to get a gamma symbol is
to use %gamma, which is bound, as you say.

Of course, %Gamma isn't (although I suppose it'll look like ?, which
probably isn't what you're after). Or you could use a different variable
name?


Rupert
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