Re: [Texmacs-dev] compatible versions of Maxima / TeXmacs

[Gregory Wright]

Hi,

On Apr 4, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Andrey G. Grozin wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Robert Dodier wrote:
> > I wonder what makes Maxima compatible or incompatible with TeXmacs.
> > There have been reports that Maxima 5.9.3 doesn't work with TeXmacs.
> > Are there some changes in Maxima which make it incompatible,
> > or is it just a matter of adding 5.9.3 to the list of recognized  
> > versions?
> > Is there a simple way for users to patch their TeXmacs installation
> > when they upgrade Maxima?
> Yes, there is. 3 files in TeXmacs distribution should be updated.  
> Recently I posted these files to the texmacs-dev mailing list. They  
> should be in the list archive.
>
> > As for myself, I find that TeXmacs 1.0.5 won't work with Maxima  
> > 5.9.3 --
> > TeXmacs appears to launch 5.9.3 if I select "default" from the  
> > list of
> > Maxima sessions, but the status bar says "[dead]". Should I expect
> > 1.0.6 to work with 5.9.3 ?
> No, TeXmacs-1.0.6 will not work with maxima-5.9.3. These 3 files  
> should be replaced by the updated versions.

The darwinports build of TeXmacs applies these updates as patches,
so it works with maxima 5.9.3.

I tried it over the weekend and it worked without trouble.

Best Regards,
Greg


> I hope this change will happen in the nearest release of TeXmacs.  
> However, Joris is surely very busy now, so, I don't know when the  
> new version will appear.
>
> For now, just replace 3 files in TeXmacs (any recent version) by  
> the ones which I sent to this list.
>
> By the way, this is not so for Windows. We really need at least one  
> person who knows Windows to port this interface to this OS. As far  
> as I know, TeXmacs under Windows can only interface with maxima-5.9.1.
>
> Andrey
>
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