On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Osvaldo Fornaro wrote:
> Some time ago, i had read in this list that could exist a interaction
> between lyx and some math program (maybe macsyma, maxima or other, i
> don�t remember now). Where could i to find some information about that
> topic?
Humm, since it was first I who suggested it (I think someone else
suggested it too much later), from me I guess. The trouble is just that
there is mostly no info.
I said that I'll first do GNU Readline support patch for Maxima, and then
start looking how to integrate Maxima and LyX. Well, the Readline patch is
now ready (althought it could have more tuning) and I have send it to the
Maxima maintainer, but so far I haven't looked at all integrating Maxima
and LyX.
Right now I don't have time but if you think it's worth of it, great. I
could probably look it next summer (that far away :( ).
Now I know how to interact with Maxima using pipes in Unix, and I know
how to export formulas in TeX from Maxima. The trouble is converting
Maxima TeX to LyX, the imported formula didn't look extremely Wysiwym,
when I tested last time, and maybe bigger trouble, to convert LyX
equations into Maxima.
(btw. Maxima and Macsyma are actually same programs, Maxima is just with
GPL license)
Ps. if someone is interested for the Readline patch, just ask me...
