Maple works in my case, by adding /Library/Frameworks/Maple.framework/Versions/17/bin
in the Path field of Lyx The support is very elementary, but I can do 1+1=2 :-) using the evalf function in the menu for Maple in Lyx 2016-10-19 11:40 GMT+02:00 Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net>: > Am 19.10.2016 um 10:30 schrieb Paola Manzini <pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk>: > > YAY!!! it works Stephan, thank you ever so much, you have been so very > patient, never been so happy to discover that 3+2=5 :-) > > Presumably I would have to repeat the same procedure to create wrappers > for mathematica and maple? > > Yes, this should work in principle. I don’t have these tools - the point > is: > you have to wrap the command line utility you can use in terminal. > But care for Kornels advice below. > > > e.g.: > > #!/bin/ > > sh > > > > /Applications/Mathematica.app/Contents/MacOS/MathKernel "$@„ > > The first line „#!/bin/sh“ is another ritual were you shouldn’t be > creative :) Don’t break it into multiple lines. > > The exec in front of the command line utility is again for efficiency. > The shell process created by LyX to start the CAS utility will be > replaced by the CAS utility instead of creating another child process. > > > > > for mathematica and > > #!/bin/ > > sh > > > > /Applications/Maple 18/Maple 18.app/Contents/MacOS/Maple 18 "$@" > > > > Again, a million thanks! > > Paola > > You’re welcome. > > Am 19.10.2016 um 10:51 schrieb Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org>: > > > > Am Mittwoch, 19. Oktober 2016 um 08:30:53, schrieb Paola Manzini < > pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk> > > ... > >> for mathematica and > >> #!/bin/sh > >> /Applications/Maple 18/Maple 18.app/Contents/MacOS/Maple 18 "$@" > >> > > > > I don't believe this is possible. At least I'd expect > > #!/bin/sh > > "/Applications/Maple 18/Maple 18.app/Contents/MacOS/Maple 18" "$@" > > > > Kornel > > Yes, Kornel, you’re right. The spaces in path name need quotes. > In case of maxima it was not required to quote the path name because > it doesn’t contain spaces. > > Regards, > Stephan -- Prof. Murat Yildizoglu Note: Please use the following address as such UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113) MURAT YILDIZOGLU 16 AVENUE LEON DUGUIT CS 50057 33608 PESSAC CEDEX FRANCE Bureau : E-331 mail: murat.yildizoglu at u-bordeaux.fr web: www.yildizoglu.fr
