lower case gamma letter in maxima [not Euler-Mascheroni constant]
Subject: lower case gamma letter in maxima [not Euler-Mascheroni constant]
From: Julien Martin
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:59:50 +0200
Yes I use WxMaxima (I forgot to mention that, sorry).
And yes I used a different variable name, i.e. gama.
Not very beautiful though... [?]
Thanks Rupert!
Julien.
2010/10/19 Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick at gmail.com>
> 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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