Work on the Manual

German readers might have followed the work on the German translation of
the manual. The work is not finished, but I have already translated big
parts. It is not only a translation, but I have reorganized parts of the
documentation and I have added examples and documentation.

Furthermore, I have put in a lot of cross references. I have an online
version of the German manual at
http://crategus.users.sourceforge.net/maxima.html

I would like to start to put some of the work into the English manual.
The following shows the structure of the first 13 chapters the German
manual. Most of the material up to chapter 30 has been translated.

If desired, I would like to restructure the English manual in the same
way.

# 1. Introduction to Maxima

# 2. Bug Detection and Reporting
    * 2.1 Introduction to Bug Detection and Reporting
    * 2.2 Functions and Variables for Bug Detection and  Reporting

# 3. Help

    * 3.1 Documentation
    * 3.2 Functions and Variables for Help

# 4. Command Line

    * 4.1 Introduction to Command Line
    * 4.2 Functions and Variables for Input
    * 4.2 Functions and Variables for Output

# 5. Data Types and Structures

    * 5.1 Numbers
          o 5.1.1 Introduction to Numbers
          o 5.1.2 Functions and Variables for Numbers
    * 5.2 Strings
          o 5.2.1 Introduction to Strings
          o 5.2.2 Functions and Variables for Strings
    * 5.3 Functions and Variables for Constants
    * 5.4 Lists
          o 5.4.1 Introduction to Lists
          o 5.4.2 Functions and Variables for Lists
    * 5.5 Arrays
          o 5.5.1 Introduction to Arrays
          o 5.5.2 Functions and Variables for Arrays
    * 5.6 Structures
          o 5.6.1 Introduction to Structures
          o 5.6.2 Functions and Variables for Structures

# 6. Expressions

    * 6.1 Introduction to Expressions
    * 6.2 Nouns and Verbs
    * 6.3 Identifiers
    * 6.4 Functions and Variables for Expressions

# 7. Operators

    * 7.1 Introduction to Operators
    * 7.2 Arithmetic Operators
    * 7.3 Relational Operators
    * 7.4 Logical Operators
    * 7.5 Operators for Equations
    * 7.6 Assignment Operators
    * 7.7 User defined Operators
          o 7.7.1 Introduction to User defined Operators
          o 7.7.2 Functions and Variables for User defined Operators

# 8. Evaluation

    * 8.1 Introduction to Evaluation
    * 8.2 Functions and Variables for Evaluation

# 9. Simplification

    * 9.1 Introduction to Simplification
    * 9.2 Functions and Variables for Simplification

# 10. Mathematical Functions

    * 10.1 Functions for Numbers
    * 10.2 Functions for Complex Numbers
    * 10.3 Combinatorial Functions
    * 10.4 Root, Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
    * 10.5 Trigonometric Functions
          o 10.5.1 Introduction to Trigonometric Functions
          o 10.5.2 Functions and Variables for Trigonometric Functions
    * 10.6 Hyperbolic Functions
          o 10.6.1 Introduction to Hyperbolic Functions
          o 10.6.2 Functions and Variables for Hyperbolic Functions
    * 10.7 Random Numbers

# 11. Maximas Database

    * 11.1 Introduction to Maximas Database
    * 11.2 Functions and Variables for Properties
    * 11.3 Functions and Variables for Facts
    * 11.4 Functions and Variables for Predicates

# 12. Plotting

    * 12.1 Introduction to Plotting
    * 12.2 Plotting Formats
    * 12.3 Functions and Variables for Plotting
    * 12.4 Plotting Options
    * 12.5 Gnuplot Options
    * 12.6 Gnuplot_pipes Format Functions

# 13. Input and Output

    * 13.1 Comments
    * 13.2 Files
    * 13.3 Functions and Variables for Input and Output
    * 13.4 Functions and Variables for Tex Output
    * 13.5 Functions and Variables for Fortran Output

Dieter Kaiser