Re: [Maxima-discuss] How do I set a startup file in Maxima?

[David B. <dbm...@gm...>]

On 26/04/2017 09:13, Jim Mooney wrote:

> I can't seem to get a simple startup file working:
>
> I found the initial search directory with file_search_maxima or 
> maxima_userdir; as
> "C:/Users/Jim Mooney/maxima/$$$.{mac,mc}"
>
> In that directory I have the file maxima-init.mac, where I do a simple 
> demo:
> disp("Hi,Jim")$
>
> but nothing happens.
>
> What am I doing wrong to set a startup file? Using the latest Maxima 
> on Windows 8.1
>

I have this working:
  - Windows 10 64-bit
  - maxima from maxima-clisp-sbcl-5.39.0.exe
  - tested with both CLISP and sbcl
  - maxima-init.mac with DOS and unix line endings

I created a file maxima-init.mac in my maxima_userdir containing a 
single line

jjj:1;

When I start comand line maxima nothing is displayed but jjj equals 1.

Maxima 5.39.0_2_g5a49f11_dirty http://maxima.sourceforge.net
using Lisp SBCL 1.3.12
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
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(%i1) jjj;
(%o1)                                  1