I've added
(push "/opt/maxima-5.30.0/interfaces/emacs" load-path)
to my .emacs, and commented out all maxima related variables and restarted
emacs, but still the same error. I'll keep fiddlin'...
-Alasdair
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Alasdair McAndrew <amca01 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hmm, I'm using maxima 5.30.0, compiled from source, and I've
> byte-compiled
> > the emacs-lisp files in /opt/maxima-5.30.0/interfaces/emacs/imaxima, and
> > loaded imaxima.elc from that directory, but still the same error. And in
> > neither imaxima.el nor mactex.lisp can I find the variable TEX-MLABEL.
>
> The function TEX-MLABEL should be in imaxima.lisp.
>
> > There is the line
> >
> > MAXIMA::BETA-INCOMPLETE MAXIMA::TEX-MLABLE MAXIMA::BETWEENP
> >
> > in sys-proclaim.lisp, but I don't know whether this has any bearing on my
> > error or not.
>
> Pretty sure that doesn't affect imaxima.
>
> > And my .emacs file contains the line
> >
> > (load "/opt/maxima-5.30.0/interfaces/emacs/imaxima/imaxima.elc")
>
> I found a couple of notes from a previous discussion that
> are relevant:
>
> (1) Emacs load-path must point into the Maxima installation directory so
> that M-x imaxima loads that version of imaxima. My .emacs says:
>
> (push "/usr/share/maxima/5.29.1/emacs" load-path)
>
> (2) the Maxima program launched by imaxima-maxima-program
> (in imaxima.el) must be that same installed Maxima program.
> The default value is "maxima" (sans path) so the installed Maxima
> must be the one which you get if you enter "maxima" at the shell
> prompt. Apparently you can change imaxima-maxima-program in
> Emacs; someone posted instructions for that. I'll dig it out if you need
> it.
>
> best
>
> Robert Dodier
>
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