maxima default output format.



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   maxima by default gives ascii-art on the cmd during interactive use, is
   there some flag that can be set at startup to change that to tex  for the
   entire session and may be switch to tex if the session has already stated?

   Jiun

I am not sure I understand your request. Do you want the output of
Maxima typeset using (la)tex? If so, there is imaxima for emacs.
There is also the wxmaxima frontend.

Also, try
? display2d
at the command line.

Leo