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 # Questions
 
 ## Q9 Is it is possible to include Maxima in org files similar to jupyter notebooks? (Does ob-maxima have support for the :results graphics header argument of org-src blocks?)
-Yes it is, needs more work to be done on it.
+Yes it is, needs more work to be done on it.  
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+Fermin: Right now its not possible to include images in the files, but is a feature that I would love to implement in the future. About the ob-maxima support I'm not so sure.
 
 ## Q8 Are you planning to upstream your package into Maxima? (would be nice :)
 Don't know about that, can be bit messy. No problem with doing that
 though. Running tests might be tricky (CI).
 
+Fermin: I would love to add the package to the maxima official repository, but I don't know if I can use the gitlab CI/CD from the main repository, if the answer is yes, then It shouldn't be too much trouble.
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 ## Q7 In which University do you start to use Maxima?
-University of Zaragoza -
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+Fermin: I started using maxima in the University of Zaragoza (Spain) -
 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Zaragoza>
 
 ## Q6. Is there support for images in maxima-mode?
-Not as of now.
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+Fermin: Not yet (as of November 2020).
 
 ## Q5: Is Maxima's syntax a strict infix Lisp syntax or are there exceptions and special cases? Yes I mean Maxima itself.
 
+Fermin: I don't know enough about the maxima implementation to answer the question, sorry.
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 ## Q4. Is Maxima easy to get into in your opinion? (has its quirks though!, mailing list is usually helpful)
-Yes, it is.
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+Fermin: It is! I think that the learning curve is quite easy, and that the manual and documentation are great!
 
 ## Q3: Do you plan to amend ob-maxima to support named session for Maxima code blocks in org mode (e.g. begin_src maxima :session  **my-maxima**)? (the current implementation supports exactly onesession named **maxima**)
-Yes, want to improve it, will start with it soon.
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+Fermin: Yes, I want to improve in the future the maxima implementation for org-mode.
 
 ## Q2: How does Maxima compare to SageMath in Emacs? does Maxima have more support because it is written in common Lisp whereas SageMath is written in Python?
-Don't known what is SageMath.
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+Fermin: I don't know about sagemath sorry, but I know that the lispy thing about maxima make it interesting from a hacker stand point, mostly because all the tools that Emacs have for editing Common Lisp.
 
 ## Q1: So I am an avid Octave user right now (had a MATLAB lesson in uni and so I knew the basics and it was easy to get into), what would you say are the advantages of Maxima over Octave as from my understanding they are pretty similar. I would be interested in trying it out but I am not sure if its worth it compared to Octave. (Octave is a MATLAB "clone", not meant for analytic calculations, more matrix multiplications etc.)
 Don't known Octave much. Found the Octave package hard to understand.
 
+Fermin: They can be use for similar purposes, but I don't know enough about Octave to recommend maxima first, so I think the best thing to do is to try and see what system fit more in your needs.
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 # Notes
 <http://maxima.sourceforge.net/>