extracting 'matrices out of matrices'



On 1/25/2013 4:53 PM, Leo Butler wrote:
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>     From: Evan Cooch <evan.cooch at gmail.com>
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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


Thanks - great tip. I've been wondering about that.