Re: [Maxima-discuss] Feature request: step by step

[Stavros M. <mac...@gm...>]

Thanks for the interesting request.

Unfortunately, the existing code base doesn't support a step-by-step mode.

You can of course trace the internal functions, but right now, we don't
have an end-user friendly tracing solution -- you have to study the Lisp
code to know what to trace, and the printout uses the internal form (that
would be pretty easy to improve, though). Also, a lot of the code is not
structured in a way that tracing the functions gives much insight. More
seriously, the internal logic often doesn't correspond to what a human user
would consider an "explanation" and it's hard to isolate what are
meaningful "steps".

That said, if you or others would like to work on it, it would be great to
have it.

           -s



On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 8:31 AM Jérémy Bézairie <jer...@gm...>
wrote:

> Already asked
> https://maxima-discuss.narkive.com/PTZcHypd/maxima-step-by-step-mode but
> here I request the feature.
>
> I trust PC & Maxima for the result but step by step would help me to
> better understand & improve me in math.
>
> Your competitor wolframalpha.com has it but paying...
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