Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016 um 10:57:08, schrieb Paola Manzini <pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk> > On 18 Oct 2016, at 11:39, Kornel Benko > <kor...@lyx.org<mailto:kor...@lyx.org>> wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016 um 10:12:50, schrieb Paola Manzini > <pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto:pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk>> > Hi all, > > I’ve searched the list and though this is not the first time the problem is > noted, I haven’t been able to find any solution. The short of it is: it just > won’t work. So for instance if I type “5+2” then invoke Edit/Math/CAS, I only > get a lonely = side to the right of the expression, and no result (see > screenshot) > > I am currently running Lyx 2.2.0 on Mac Os Sierra, but I had exactly the same > problem under Maverick and El Capitan with previous Lyx versions, namely, > nothing happens. > > I have specified the paths correctly (I think) to where the apps are > (Mathematica, Maxima, Maple - nothing seems to work), and I can see the > software calling the app (math-extern maxima), or (math-extern mathematica), > but no result is churned out. > > Here is what I have in the "PATH prefix" field under Lyx->Preferences->Paths: > > /Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/texbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin:/opt/local/bin:/Library/TeX/local/bin:/Library/TeX/bin:/Library/TeX/X11R6/bin:/Library/TeX/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/Library/TeX/usr/local/bin:/Applications/Mathematica.app/Contents/MacOS/MathKernel:/Applications/Maxima.app:/Applications/Maple > 18/Maple 18.app > > Can anyone please help? > > Many thanks, > Paola > > [cid:1CA68732-253E-465F-82E6-7DF587AC9DB0@st-andrews.ac.uk] > > > I'd try calling lyx with '-dbg mathed' parameter from a console window. > Alternatively use View->Messages Pane->Settings > Check 'Selected' > Double click on 'mathed - Math editor' > back to 'Output' > ... > calling: maxima > input: 'simpsum:true;tex(5 + 2);' > output: '7' > Buffer.cpp (3449): updateMacro of novýsúbor9.lyx > 12:31:27.889: Automatický úklad hotový. > > Here it shows: > 12:38:28.705: Alt+M Afinding 'finding 'finding 'use whole cell: checking > expr: '5 + 2' > calling: maxima > input: 'simpsum:true;tex(5 + 2);' > output: '7' > > Kornel > > many thanks Kornel for your prompt reply, I’ve tried what you suggested, and > what I got is no output, namely: > > 11:55:08.254: (math-extern maxima)finding 'finding 'finding 'use whole cell: > checking expr: '5 + 2' > calling: maxima > input: 'simpsum:true;tex(5 + 2);’ > > does this suggest where the problem is?
No, missing: output: '7'
What happens if you call maxima from the console window and input the string
'(5+2);' followed by <Return>?
Here I get:
(%i1) (5+2);
(%o1) 7
(%i2)
> thanks,
> Paola
Kornel
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