>>>>> "Leo" == Leo Butler <l_butler at users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>> From mailnull Tue Apr 9 16:45:26 2013
Ray> While trying out update_examples to update the fft examples (which are
Ray> incorrect), I noticed that the my maxima init files are loaded. This
Ray> causes the examples to include time information from showtime:true.
Ray> I couldn't find any way to force maxima not to load my init files.
Ray> Did I miss it? If not, I propose we add a --no-init-files option that
Ray> tells maxima not to load any user init files.
Leo> maxima --init=/dev/null
Really? I think it would be ok (on Unix) if it actually tried to read
from /dev/null, but, in fact, it tries /dev/null.mac and
/dev/null.lisp. These probably don't exist. I guess it works because
they don't exist, so anything that doesn't exist will also work.
Ray