Good work debugging, David. As I said, I don't use Windows, but if this problem occurred under Linux the first thing I would try is to create a symlink (perhaps in Windows this is similar to a "shortcut"?) for "maxima.exe", which points to wxMaxima.exe. Does that work?
If that does not work, the next thing I would try (on Linux) is to create a script called "maxima.exe" which runs wxMaxima.exe with the same arguments and pipes it was passed. On Windows perhaps a batch file called "maxima.exe" could do this? But then again, I think Windows pays close attention to suffixes in which case batch files must end in ".bat" so this would not work? I suppose neither of these would work if you don't have Administrator privileges though? Scott On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:35 PM, David R. José <c1b...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Scott, thanks to you I've found the trick. > Never realized I could find the issue viewing the Messages log :) > For those out there who are having the same issue: there is no solution. > LyX tries to find the CAS_names.exe at the pointed dir. > Since Maxima runs in Windows as wxMaxima.exe through a .bat file, there is > simply no way to do it. > I also failed to do the same with Maple. > But it worked with Mathematica :) > Mathematica 9 has a Mathematica.exe, which indeed IS the very core. > So, just point to, (usually, under win7) "C:\Program Files\Wolfram > Research\Mathematica\9.0\" at "Path prefix" under Tools -> Preferences -> > Paths. Save it and CAS -> Mathematica should work fine ;) > >> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2013 12:11:09 -0400 >> Subject: Re: LyX + CAS >> From: skost...@princeton.edu >> To: c1b...@hotmail.com >> CC: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > >> >> On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:24 AM, David R. José <c1b...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > Hello. >> > I've been having trouble in pairing LyX and a CAS. >> > While trying to use Maxima and Maple, I've added the address (eg: >> > c:\maxima\) where the .exe is to the "Path prefix" under Tools -> >> > Preferences -> Paths. >> > Still no results in even solving a simple 2+2 in Math mode. All I get is >> > a >> > equal sign with an empty space beside it. >> > LyX 2.0.6 >> > wxMaxima 12.04.0 >> > Maple 16 >> > Win 7 x64 SP1 >> > >> > Has someone successfully paired LyX and a CAS in Windows? >> > Any help on what or where my problem is at? >> >> I do not have Windows. But you could try seeing if View > Messages >> provides some useful output. >> >> Scott
