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From: hugh@kink.UUCP (Hugh D. Gamble)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Maple (Upgrades?)
Message-Id: <4700.AA4700@kink.UUCP>
Date: Fri Dec 14 19:00:39 1990
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>Hi, I just got Maple 4.2 (a symbolic math program) and stuck it on my
>Amiga.
...
>the formula output is	not exactly tex standard, and the graphics are

It's not?  It looks a little ugly sometimes due to extra braces and a
lack of fancy indenting, but it's standard LaTeX.  If some memory
usage messages get interleaved with the LaTeX output you have to
remove them by hand, but aside from that, everything works just fine.

>ascii in a console window.

Aha, it sounds like you haven't read the Amiga specific documentation.
(or even the standard documentation in paper or online form).  You
have to set the plotdevice to whatever output device you want.	The
best one for Amiga screen output is "amigahi" for a high res screen.
for printer output or a PostScript previewer, write it as postscript
and you'll get much better resolution.

>So, what I want to know is: is there an upgrade, and if not, I'd like to

Maple V should be available for the Amiga by spring.

>make a little upgrade. add an Arexx port to it, and add an unformatted
>output option. Then one could use external programs to dop the plotting,

What do you mean unformatted?  What's the problem with the ASCII,
LaTeX and FORTRAN equation output options?

>and to make the formulae look nice, and it's be a lot more  Amigalike
>(using IPC and multiple processes).

The port of Maple V is being modelled after the X11 version.

>Michael

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