This file (and imaxima.lisp) provides image support for interacting
with the computer algebra system Maxima
The command `imaxima' (M-x imaxima) provides a simple comint
derived CLI mode.
To use imaxima with the Maxima mode from the Maxima distribution
set `imaxima-use-maxima-mode-flag' to `t'.
To turn off images, evaluate "display2d:true" in Maxima. To turn
them on again, evaluate "display2d:imaxima".
The command `imaxima-latex' prepares a LaTeX version of the Maxima
buffer.
The package requires Emacs 21 with image support.
A fairly recent version of Ghostscript is recommended (at least
newer than v. 8.56). If your version is too old, you can either set
`imaxima-image-type' to 'ps or remove the options
"-dTextAlphaBits=4" and "-dGraphicsAlphaBits=4" from
`imaxima-gs-options'. The images won't look nearly as attractive,
though -- the text looks ragged because it isn't anti aliased.
The file "imaxima.lisp" is a slightly modified version of
"texmacs.lisp" in the TeXmacs distribution. Several of the image
routines are borrowed from David Kastrup's preview-latex.el.
Version 1.0 beta and later supports inline graph. You can use
the following six maxima commands.
wxplot2d(), wxplot3d(), wxdraw2d(), wxdraw3d(), wximplicit_plot(),
wxcontour_plot().
GNUPLOT 4.2 or later is needed for this to work. The resulted image
generated by gnuplot will be inserted as the output of the command.
Installation:
Take a look at the README file which comes with this file.