Re: [Maxima-discuss] Cheating Around Maxima Latex

[Fraser D. <dos...@ac...>]

The equations in the first chapter are big. In chapters 3 and 4 they get 
bigger. In chapters 4 and 5 where he actually does the math for real 
gratings and waveguides, the equations get huge. We can always use them 
to torture test the latex generator once I get them into maxima.

Fraser

On 2020-10-26 7:59 p.m., Robert Dodier wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 3:57 PM Raymond Toy <toy...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I agree. I want Maxima to produce the correct answers.  Then it's up to me to have the TeX form be in the format I want. For example, it's impossible for Maxima to know if I want \frac or \displayfrac.  Or what the order of the variables should be when I format it.
>>
>> I pretty much expect to have to do some editing of the TeX form to produce what I want.  And what I want may not be what you want.
> I dunno, this feels too pessimistic to me, the situation is really
> more rosy than that. Maxima can already do a decent job with the vast
> majority of run of the mill expressions, and something comprehensible
> otherwise, and if Maxima's tex output is really lacking in some way,
> by all means, let's fix it.
>
> Maxima's tex output is the basis for the stuff that's displayed (via
> MathJax I guess) by Jupyter, and it's more than workable. If I were
> going to publish a paper, sure, I might tweak the output, but for
> everyday stuff, Maxima's tex is quite sufficient.
>
> best,
>
> Robert Dodier
>
>
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