I had a further play around with it. I added:
;C:\Program Files\Maxima-5.16.3\bin;C:\Octave\3.2.3_gcc-4.4.0\bin
to the PATH prefix in the Preferences, and then restarted LyX.
Now when I type
4+5
in a math field and then use Edit->Math->CAS->Octave or ->Maxima it
calculates the answer and sets the field to 4+5=9.
And if I enter
$\int_{0}^{1}x^{2}dx$
maxima will return the answer 1/3.
That's a fantastic new discovery of a further LyX feature. As for
making it more useful, perhaps LyX needs some buttons in the math
toolbar for Octave or Maxima or a way of customizing some new buttons
to run the Edit->Math->CAS options.
2009/11/24 Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com>:
> On 11/24/09, Ken <kmai...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> I have maxima-5.16.3 and octave-3.2.3 installed on my Windows XP
>> machine. When I enter the math formula 2+2 and click on
>> Edit->Math->CAS... and choose maxima or octave it does not do
>> anything. Does lyx need to know where the binaries are located?
>>
> Hmm, that's a good question. On Linux (Debian and Gentoo), I didn't
> need to perform any additional tweaks: both maxima and octave worked
> out of the box (the versions are similar to yours). Perhaps you would
> need to reconfigure LyX. If that fails, consider asking this on-list.
>
> Regards
> Liviu
>
