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[Kamaraju Kusumanchi <address@hidden>]

Andrey G. Grozin wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, the documentation on maxima or texmacs does not specify 
> > where to send a problem with running maxima in texmacs. So I am sending 
> > it both the lists hoping that someone will tell me which is right place 
> > to post such requests in the future.
>
> The best address for such queries is address@hidden

Thank you.

> > To reproduce the bug
> >
> > start texmacs
> >
> >
> > Document -> Add Package -> program -> varsession
> > Edit -> preferences -> keyboard -> Automatically close brackets
> > Insert -> session -> maxima
> > Session -> input mode -> mathematical input
> >
> > In the maxima input type
> > plot(x, [x, -1,1], [gnuplot_preamble, "set grid"])
> >
> > The output will be
> >
> > Incorrect syntax: GRID is not an infix operator
> >
> > [preamble, set grid]
>
> I cannot reproduce this bug. First, you probably mean plot2d, not plot - 
> there is no function plot. With plot2d, this line works exactly the same 
> from the command-line maxima and from TeXmacs session.

Yes It is plot2d and not plot. Thanks for catching that mistake.

Did you switch on the mathematical input mode (by doing session -> input 
mode -> mathematical input)? If the mathematical input mode is turned 
off, then everything works fine. But if it is turned on then it gives 
the above error.



> What OS do you use? Version of TeXmacs? Of maxima? On which lisp?

I am using debian sid distribution. Texmacs 1.0.4, 5.9.1-9, CMU Common 
Lisp CVS release-19a 19a-release-20040728 + minimal debian patches. All 
the packages were obtained from Debian distribution (I have not compiled 
any of them)