- From: Juan Pablo Romero Bernal <address@hidden>
- To: Robert Jerrard <address@hidden>
- Cc: address@hidden
- Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] Maxima plots into TeXmacs
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 18:31:06 +0000
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Hi, Robert
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Hello, I hope to use TeXmacs as a front-end for Maxima in some fall
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courses. It would be nice to have a method for getting the result of a
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plot2d command (for instance) into the TeXmacs document in a single
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step. At the moment I know I can do the command:
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plot2d(x^2,[x,-1,1],[gnuplot_term,ps],[gnuplot_out_file,"sample.eps"])
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in a Maxima session then insert the resulting image file sample.eps. To
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me, this is just fine. However, I can already hear the wailing and
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gnashing of teeth from first year students who will think this is far to
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complicated a process. A one step solution in TeXmacs would be more
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palatable to students. Any suggestions or should I just ask them to grow
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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
- Maxima plots into TeXmacs, Robert Jerrard, 05/02/2005
- Re: [TeXmacs] Maxima plots into TeXmacs, Juan Pablo Romero Bernal, 05/06/2005
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