From 89f7058c97d690c27cad9a67c7e3aeea67d2b2be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sacha Chua Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:56:19 -0500 Subject: Add rough dump --- 2020/info/33.md | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) (limited to '2020/info/33.md') diff --git a/2020/info/33.md b/2020/info/33.md index 1f01f5ed..d07dca98 100644 --- a/2020/info/33.md +++ b/2020/info/33.md @@ -9,3 +9,35 @@ to talk about the integration with Emacs, the maxima REPL, how some of the main tool for Emacs integrate in maxima-mode and in general show how to start using maxima within Emacs. + + + +# 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?) + + +## Q8 Are you planning to upstream your package into Maxima? (would be nice :) + + +## Q7 In which University do you start to use Maxima? + + +## Q6. Is there support for images in maxima-mode? + + +## Q5: Is Maxima's syntax a strict infix lisp syntax or are there exceptions and special cases? Yes I mean Maxima itself. + + +## Q4. Is maxima easy to get into in your opinion? (has its quirks though!, mailing list is usually helpful) + + +## 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**) + + +## Q2: how does maxima compare to sagemath in emacs? does maxima have more support because it is written in common lisp whereas sage math is written in python? + + +## 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.) + -- cgit v1.2.3