[Maxima-discuss] share package 'format', was: display of large expressions

[Robert D. <rob...@gm...>]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 11:45 AM Chris Sangwin <C.J...@ed...> wrote:

> > Looking for the program, I came across Bruce Miller's paper on formatting expressions in Macsyma in various ways...
> > https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/IR/nistir5618.pdf

> This is currently available in maxima with
> load("format");
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/code/ci/master/tree/share/contrib/format/
>
> Is this what you are suggesting someone might "re-implement"?  Or did I miss something?
>
> I think the format package is masterful in design, I use it a lot and it deserves to be much better known!

Chris, that's terrific, I didn't think it would work, I'm glad to hear
it does! Can I ask for what general purposes you use it?

best,

Robert