On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 22:07:16 +0100, [email protected] wrote: > On Nov 13, 2013, at 4:11 PM, Murray Eisenberg wrote: >> I installed maxima @5.30.0_0+xmaxima. By itself, the command-line maxima >> works (so far) as expected. > good. > >> When, instead, I start xmaxima from the command-line, I get two windows ? >> Xmaxima: browser and Xmaxima: console. If I double-click one of the >> highlighted lines in the Xmaxima: browser window, then the output appears in >> the Xmaxima:browser window, and both the input and corresponding output >> appear in the Xmaxima:console window as well. > Yes, that's intentional. > The browser just shows you a section from the manual, which you're advised to > click through to show off some of maxima's and xmaxima's features. > >> But I cannot type any input directly into the Xmaxima: console window. >> Shouldn?t I be able to do so? And, if not, how can one enter input of one?s >> own (instead of just evaluate what?s in the prepared html page showing in >> the Xmaxima:browser window? > You should be able to enter your own lines in the console. > If not, which Mac OS version are you using? > Here on my SL it works seamlessly. > > Greets, > Marko > > P.S.: Perhaps you would like to install wxMaxima and try that too.
The port upgrade to tk @8.6.1_1 (x11) seems to have fixe the problem with maxima. Still, wxMaxima may be a nicer environment. --- Murray Eisenberg [email protected] 503 King Farm Blvd #101 Home (240)-246-7240 Rockville, MD 20850-6667 Mobile (413)-427-5334 _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
