writefile does not write



Am Samstag, den 05.11.2011, 17:28 +0000 schrieb Oliver Kullmann:
> I definitely don't know much (at all) about the Lisp standard,
> but the only information I could find which sounds like a standard is
> 
> http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/f_dribbl.htm
> 
> and there it says
> 
> Either binds *standard-input* and *standard-output* or takes other appropriate action, so as to send a record of the input/output interaction to a file named by pathname. dribble is intended to create a readable record of an interactive session.
> 
> This is vagues, but it says "takes appropriate action", which should
> be something.
> 
> Oliver

Maxima has an alternative function with the name appendfile. It works
like the function writefile, but does not use the underlying Lisp
function dribble.

Dieter Kaiser