From 2d47a49e7a5544ab5337686f5a07cb634f489978 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wolfgang Dautermann Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:04:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Xmaxima texinfo manual: The plot_format openmath is now called xmaxima. --- interfaces/xmaxima/doc/xmaxima.texi | 47 +++++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/interfaces/xmaxima/doc/xmaxima.texi b/interfaces/xmaxima/doc/xmaxima.texi index 111abba51..211738d09 100644 --- a/interfaces/xmaxima/doc/xmaxima.texi +++ b/interfaces/xmaxima/doc/xmaxima.texi @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ MA 02110-1301, USA. @node Top, Command-line options, (dir), (dir) @dfn{Xmaxima} is a graphical interface for @dfn{Maxima}, written in -@dfn{Tcl/Tk}. It also provides the @dfn{openmath} plotting program for -Maxima, which can do some of the plots done by Maxima's default plotter +@dfn{Tcl/Tk}. It also provides the @dfn{xmaxima} plotting program for +Maxima (formerly called 'openmath'), which can do some of the plots done by Maxima's default plotter (@dfn{gnuplot}) and a few more that gnuplot cannot do. This manual was written for version 5.11.0 of Xmaxima. Some familiarity @@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ with Maxima 5.11.0 is assumed. There is a separate reference manual for Maxima, which can be browsed and studied from Xmaxima. @menu -* Command-line options:: -* Main Window:: -* Entering commands:: -* Session control:: -* Openmath plots:: -* The browser:: -* Getting Help:: -* Concept Index:: +* Command-line options:: +* Main Window:: +* Entering commands:: +* Session control:: +* Xmaxima plots:: +* The browser:: +* Getting Help:: +* Concept Index:: @end menu @node Command-line options, Main Window, Top, Top @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ Moves to the last character in the text window. @kindex End @end table -@node Session control, Openmath plots, Entering commands, Top +@node Session control, Xmaxima plots, Entering commands, Top @chapter Session control The @command{File} menu has sections to manage the work session in @@ -336,14 +336,14 @@ prompt will start again as @code{(%i1)}. @cindex Interrupt @cindex Restart -@node Openmath plots, The browser, Session control, Top -@chapter Openmath plots +@node Xmaxima plots, The browser, Session control, Top +@chapter Xmaxima plots -@dfn{Openmath} can be used either directly or from Maxima, to plot 2d +@dfn{Xmaxima} can be used either directly or from Maxima, to plot 2d and 3d graphs. From Maxima, it will be used by the functions @command{plot2d} and @command{plot3d}, if the option @code{[plot_format, -openmath]} is used. There are other plotting functions in Maxima that -will only work in openmath: @command{plotdf}, @command{openplot_curves} +xmaxima]} is used. There are other plotting functions in Maxima that +will only work with the xmaxima plot_format: @command{plotdf}, @command{openplot_curves} and @command{graph2d}. All those plotting functions are documented in the Maxima Reference Manual. @cindex plot2d @@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ the Maxima Reference Manual. @cindex openplot_curves @cindex graph2d -A command used to create a 2d openmath plot, for example: +A command used to create a 2d xmaxima plot, for example: @example -plot2d(sin(x), [x, -%pi, %pi], [plot_format, openmath]); +plot2d(sin(x), [x, -%pi, %pi], [plot_format, xmaxima]); @end example creates a window with a menu bar with the following options: @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ used. If Xmaxima is executed from the command line, giving as argument the name of a file, it will open that file and interpret it as a plot command, -with a syntax specific of openmath. The graph generated by the commands +with a syntax specific of Xmaxima. The graph generated by the commands in the file will be plotted in a plot window, and the main window of Xmaxima will not be opened and no communication with Maxima will be established. An example of the contents of a file that can be passed @@ -440,18 +440,19 @@ slider that appears on the bottom. @image{figures/sliders,8cm} @end ifnotinfo -the sliders option of openmath is one feature that cannot be accessed +the sliders option of xmaxima is one feature that cannot be accessed directly from @command{plot2d} in Maxima. Other examples of input -files for openmath are the files @file{maxout.openmath} that Maxima +files for xmaxima are the files @file{maxoutNNNN.xmaxima} (where NNNN +is the process id (an unique number) of the maxima process, that Maxima creates; when Maxima is run from the command line, and a plotting -function that involves openmath is used, the data is not passed directly +function that involves xmaxima is used, the data is not passed directly to Xmaxima, but it is rather saved into that file and then xmaxima is executed with the name of that file as argument. The strings used in those files must be properly represented as Tcl/Tk strings. -@node The browser, Getting Help, Openmath plots, Top +@node The browser, Getting Help, Xmaxima plots, Top @chapter The browser Xmaxima's browser is a Web browser. It lacks many features available in -- 2.11.4.GIT