Well done for making it work and finding the reason. And thanks for posting the solution.
Sam On 19 Mar 2015 8:41 pm, "Adrian S." <adrian.u.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone. I managed to get Maxima running in Windows. This is what I > did: > > (1) Install te TeXmacs binary, but *DO NOT* install it in the default > location, but in one *THAT DOES NOT HAVE SPACES* (The location > "Program Files (x86)", which is the default, fails precisely because > of this reason. > > In my case, I installed it in my desktop, with path: > > C:\users\adrian\Desktop > > (2) In the instalation directory, which in my case is > C:\users\adrian\Desktop\TeXmacs > go to the file > > progs/kernel/texmacs/tm-plugins > > and open it using notepad. > > Then go to the line > > (define-public (plugin-add-windows-path rad rel after?) > (when (os-macos?) > (add-windows-program-path (url-append rad rel) after?))) > > and change it to > > (define-public (plugin-add-windows-path rad rel after?) > (when (os-mingw?) > (add-windows-program-path (url-append rad rel) after?))) > > If you had already started TeXmacs, then, in TeXmacs, update the > plugins to have it detect it. > > I use Maxima 5.35.1.2 > > > I do hope this helps others. > > ----More details below------- > > The problem with the spaces seems to be coming from the line in the file > init-maxima in the following part: > `((:launch > ,(string-append "maxima.bat -p \"" (getenv "TEXMACS_PATH") > > "\\plugins\\maxima\\lisp\\texmacs-maxima.lisp\""))) > > Running the command code in Scheme in my computer, it gives: > > ((#:launch "maxima.bat -p > > \"C:\\Users\\adrian\\Desktop\\TeXmacs\\plugins\\maxima\\lisp\\texmacs-maxima.lisp\"")) > > which has no problems, but if I install in the default location, it > outputs a location with spaces, which somehow had to be escaped > somehow. I do not know how to fix that. > > > Take care. > Peace > -Adrian. > > _______________________________________________ > Texmacs-dev mailing list > Texmacs-dev@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev >
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