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[Juan Pablo Romero Bernal <address@hidden>]

Hi, Robert 

> Hello, I hope to use TeXmacs as a front-end for Maxima in some fall
> courses. It would be nice to have a method for getting the result of a
> plot2d command (for instance) into the TeXmacs document in a single
> step. At the moment I know I can do the command:
> 
> plot2d(x^2,[x,-1,1],[gnuplot_term,ps],[gnuplot_out_file,"sample.eps"])
> 
> in a Maxima session then insert the resulting image file sample.eps. To
> me, this is just fine. However, I can already hear the wailing and
> gnashing of teeth from first year students who will think this is far to
> complicated a process. A one step solution in TeXmacs would be more
> palatable to students. Any suggestions or should I just ask them to grow
> up?

My suggestion to work with firts year students is use Gnuplot+TeXmacs. ¿Why?. 
Because, the gnuplot syntax is very easy  and the graphics are insert
into document (in a TeXmacs session) automatically. For instance, the
previous command, using gnuplot is:

plot [-1:1] x**2;

which is very easy!!!. 

Bye, 

Juan Pablo Romero Bernal