extracting 'matrices out of matrices'



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   (forlack of a better descriptor)...

   I'm working on a problem which yields a result of the form

   [ [-203 -120]]
	 45    -20

   I can't quite draw it correctly here, but if double-click and copy from 
   within wxMaxima, it yields the following

   [matrix([-203,-120],[45,-20])]

Evan,
If you enter

display2d:false;

then maxima's output will be text that can be easily copied and
pasted into the body of an email.

Leo