Work on the Manual



Hallo Dieter,

I really appreciate your work on the German documentation and the tutorials
on your Maxima webside!

Greetings
Volker van Nek

2011/5/23 Dieter Kaiser <drdieterkaiser at web.de>

> 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
>
>
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