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On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:26:20AM +0200, Andrea Gamba wrote:
> I have found the problem with the maple interface.
>
> The point is that in my linux box I have a symbolic link /usr/bin/maple ->
> /usr/local/maple9.5-standalone/bin/maple.
>
> When the texmacs script performs 'which maple' and then tries to extract the
> maple path it produces errors.
>
> I noticed that also /usr/bin/octave -> /etc/alternatives/octave ->
> /usr/bin/octave-3.0.0, perhaps this is the reason why also the octave
> interface
> doesn't work (I have not cured that yet, perhaps there is some indication in
> the error messages that octave is giving).
>
> A possible general solution for this kind of problem could be substituting:
>
> readlink -f `which maple`

I see. We should rather use the 'realpath' binary written by Andrey Grozin, I
think.
Do things work correctly if you manually follow the links?

Thanks for your help and the fix, --Joris

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• [TeXmacs] maple interface, Andrea Gamba, 10/23/2008
  • [TeXmacs] numerotation of sections, el.douwen, 10/23/2008
  • Re: [TeXmacs] maple interface, Joris van der Hoeven, 10/24/2008
    • Re: [TeXmacs] maple interface, Enrique Perez-Terron, 10/24/2008
  • <Possible follow-up(s)>
  • Re: Re: [TeXmacs] maple interface, Andrea Gamba, 10/25/2008
    • Re: Re: [TeXmacs] maple interface, Joris van der Hoeven, 10/25/2008

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