Octave plugin status. The TeXmacs website says:
"The current Windows version of TeXmacs only supports a reduced set of
plug-ins. As of version 1.0.7.18, Maxima, Mathemagix, Octave, Pari and
Python should run out of the box after a standard installation."
From what I have experienced the Octave plugin is defective. This is
the case for Linux, OS X and MS Windows. It is the plugin and not the
operating systems. Any reference to an Octave expression using the
Octave plugin from TeXmacs that involves a variable returns "texmacs"
and not the expected answer. Expressions with numbers only are okay,
but obviously this is not "running out of the box" as stated.
Also the phrase "standard installation" may be misleading. TeXmacs may
have a standard installation using MS Windows, but it is a stretch to
describe the installation of the MS Windows version of Octave as
"standard" in any sense. The installation of Octave on MS Windows
requires a number of manual steps and configuration items before
TeXmacs shows Octave as an available plugin. This includes modification
of the PATH environment variable. After successfully jumping that hurdle
(which is not documented anywhere), the plugin will start an Octave
session that does not work normally with the same symptoms whether using
GNU/Linux, OS X, or MS Windows:
octave> A = [1,2,3]
texmacs
octave> 1+1
2
octave> sqrt(2)
1.4142
octave> a=sqrt(2)
texmacs
David Miller
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