[Maxima-discuss] wxmaxima ( 5.39.0) shifts interior columns when copying print output to text file

[Edwin W. <woo...@ch...>]

One reason I love Xmaxima, is the ease with which I can easily copy input and output and transfer
the copied material to a tex file (with windows, I use the text file utility notepad++  - free and
solid as a rock), where the copied material is dumped into a verbatim section.

The second reason I love Xmaxima is the alt-p command which lets me select an input, say, 
   three or four inputs above, and have it appear on the command line for editing or execution.

With wxmaxima, the cntrl-i command apparently only allows me to copy the previous command,
   and not earlier? (or am I missing something?).

An earlier version (5.36.1) of wxmaxima passed a copy to text file test of columns of printed
  output from Maxima, but the version with 5.39.0 shifts the interior lines of the column
output, as shown below.  This screws up my tex file preparation, which uses notepad++.

Using windows 7,

I start with Xmaxima to text file copy, which does *not* shift interior items.
Then show 5.39.0 wxmaxima  shifted transfer to text file.
Finally show earlier 5.36.1 wxmaxima behavior, which had no shift.
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1.   xmaxima 5.36.1 win 7

(%i1) for i thru 4 do
              print (i," ",float(i+1/2)," ",i^2," ",i^3)$
1   1.5   1   1 
2   2.5   4   8 
3   3.5   9   27 
4   4.5   16   64 

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2.  wxmaxima 5.39.0 win 7  (16.12.0)
  used cntrl-shift-uparrow to select cell, 
  then used cntrl-c (or edit, copy) to copy selected cell

(%i1)    for i thru 4 do
                  print (i," ",float(i+1/2)," ",i^2," ",i^3)$
1   1.5   1   1 
    2   2.5   4   8 
    3   3.5   9   27 
4   4.5   16   64 

used cntrl-shift-c  (or edit, copy as text) : same result

(%i1)    for i thru 4 do
                  print (i," ",float(i+1/2)," ",i^2," ",i^3)$
1   1.5   1   1 
    2   2.5   4   8 
    3   3.5   9   27 
4   4.5   16   64 


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old ver. wxmaxima (5.36.1 : 15.04.0) does better
  provided I use  cntrl-shift-c to copy as text

(%i1) for i thru 4 do
                  print (i," ",float(i+1/2)," ",i^2," ",i^3)$
1   1.5   1   1 
2   2.5   4   8 
3   3.5   9   27 
4   4.5   16   64 
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Ted Woollett
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ps. 

the 5.39.0 wxmaxima version Maxima manual , index option, doesn’t provide
surrounding items (alphbetically)  when you type in a name. Having the surrounding
items is valuable, as hints I may be off on my spelling, etc.

also, the description of zheev says

zheev (A)  
zheev (A, eigvec_p) 

Like zheev, but the matrix A is assumed to be a square complex Hermitian matrix. 
If eigvec_p is true, then the eigenvectors of the matrix are also computed. 


SHOULD BE: Like zgeev, but .....
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