a Maxima program running under the Windows implementation but not under Linux implementation of Maxima / wxMaxima

Hello,

I would download a newer version from debian (Ubuntu uses debian files)

http://packages.debian.org/sid/maxima

and double click on the deb file. A graphical interface should open and it
will check if all the necessary dependencies are fullfilled.

In case that works I guess you have to download the maxima-emacs package as
well. A grep-search tells me that wxdraw2d is defined in
interfaces/emacs/imaxima/imaxima.lisp.

Let me know what you experience.

Volker van Nek


2012/4/4 Jochen Ziegenbalg <ziegenbalg at ph-karlsruhe.de>

> Hello Volker van Nek,
>
> thank you for your quick response.  As you suggest, the program "runs
> through" without an error message if I replace the wxdraw2d command by
> returning just 1.  Also, if I return the graphics list LG it works and
> contentwise the list LG seems to be OK.  So, the problem is with the
> wxdraw2d command.  Replacing the wxdraw2d commond by just draw2d does
> not help, either.
>
> As I mentioned in my first mail, the ubuntu-based system is running
> Maxima version 5.22.1.  Of course, before writing to
> maxima at math.utexas.edu, I tried to update my ubuntu Maxima system,
> first.  Not being very experienced with ubuntu, I tried to do this
> using the Synaptic Package Manager.  But whatever I tried, it did not
> result in a newer version of Maxima.  So I thought, version 5.22.1 was
> the most recent version.
>
> Of course, if the problem would be solved if I used a more recent
> version of Maxima, this would be the thing to do (instead of trying to
> repair version 5.22.1).  But how do I get my 5.22.1 version updated
> under ubuntu?  I would be grateful for a hint.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> Jochen
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 1:21 AM, Volker van Nek
> <volkervannek at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Hallo Jochen Ziegenbalg,
> >
> > I can confirm that your wxm file runs on Ubuntu with Maxima 5.26.0 and
> > 5.25.1 but fails with 5.20.1. I can't tell about the version 5.22.1.
> >
> > The wxdraw2d function is a quite recent development if I am not
> mistaken. In
> > a first step I would just replace the last line in your StringToGraphic
> > function
> > by a simple return value like 1 or so and check if it works without
> errors.
> >
> > StringToGraphic(Str, c0, c1) :=
> >  ...
> >      LG : append(LG, [Gbit]) ),
> >  1) ;
> >
> > Let us know what the result is.
> >
> > Volker van Nek
> >
> > 2012/4/3 Jochen Ziegenbalg <ziegenbalg at ph-karlsruhe.de>
> >>
> >> Ladies and gentlemen,
> >>
> >> in the appendix I send you a small Maxima program running without any
> >> problem under wxMaxima for Windows (wxMaxima 11.08.0 / Maxima 5.25.1)
> >> but not running under the (Ubuntu-) Linux implementation (wxMaxima
> >> 0.85 / Maxima 5.22.1).
> >>
> >> The purpose of the program is to convert a string into its bit
> >> structure (using the ASCII-code) and display this bit structure
> >> graphically.
> >>
> >> Under Windows the program runs as expected.
> >>
> >> Under Linux (after defining the "helper"-functions like Byte), calling
> >> the procedure
> >>        StringToGraphic("Karlsruhe", yellow, black)
> >> results in the error message
> >>
> >>   Maxima encountered a Lisp error:
> >>     Error in Apply [or a callee]:The function NIL is undefined.
> >>   Automatically continuing.
> >>   ...
> >>
> >> I would be grateful for some clarification on why this is so ... and a
> >> hint on how to run the program under Linux.
> >>
> >> Thank you very much,
> >> Jochen Ziegenbalg
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Maxima mailing list
> >> Maxima at math.utexas.edu
> >> http://www.math.utexas.edu/mailman/listinfo/maxima
> >>
> >
>