I would be very greatful for one example of how to use math-extern-- does one simply mark the expression in mathed and give the command math-extern maple <maple-command> in the minibuffer? Many thanks. Murali
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 30 May 2002, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > > > I've seen that this feature was not mentioned in the announcement, but than > > this is really not complete yet, and, more important, it is really just a > > big hack. > > I know. But end-users don't mind whether it is a hack or incomplete, as > long as it sreves for their needs. The thing I would like to emphasize is > that the code is working splendidly well. It is quite stable( I have not > had any crashes recently), and works surprisingly well. I even have hot > keys for "math-extern maple", "math-extern maple simplify", "math-extern > maple factor" and "math-extern maple evalm". > > > > > So I thought we could as well keep it "secret", and work on it for a > > while and have something for the next release... > > > > Why being secret? After all, this is the developer's lists and you can get > some helps from others. > > > > > This is indeed a severe limitation. I have a secret plan on how to overcome > > this deficiency, but it will take a while ;-} > > > > I volunteer to be the "guinea pig" for your secret plan. > > > I personally only use the octave "backend" as some kind of built-in > > calculator, but if people are using it for serious work I think it could > > be added to the announcement at least on the web page. > > > > If you can, please do. > > ----cghan
