Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016 um 10:12:50, schrieb Paola Manzini <pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk> > Hi all, > > I’ve searched the list and though this is not the first time the problem is > noted, I haven’t been able to find any solution. The short of it is: it just > won’t work. So for instance if I type “5+2” then invoke Edit/Math/CAS, I only > get a lonely = side to the right of the expression, and no result (see > screenshot) > > I am currently running Lyx 2.2.0 on Mac Os Sierra, but I had exactly the same > problem under Maverick and El Capitan with previous Lyx versions, namely, > nothing happens. > > I have specified the paths correctly (I think) to where the apps are > (Mathematica, Maxima, Maple - nothing seems to work), and I can see the > software calling the app (math-extern maxima), or (math-extern mathematica), > but no result is churned out. > > Here is what I have in the "PATH prefix" field under Lyx->Preferences->Paths: > > /Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/texbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/opt/local/teTeX/bin:/opt/local/bin:/Library/TeX/local/bin:/Library/TeX/bin:/Library/TeX/X11R6/bin:/Library/TeX/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/Library/TeX/usr/local/bin:/Applications/Mathematica.app/Contents/MacOS/MathKernel:/Applications/Maxima.app:/Applications/Maple > 18/Maple 18.app > > Can anyone please help? > > Many thanks, > Paola > > [cid:1CA68732-253E-465F-82E6-7DF587AC9DB0@st-andrews.ac.uk] >
I'd try calling lyx with '-dbg mathed' parameter from a console window.
Alternatively use View->Messages Pane->Settings
Check 'Selected'
Double click on 'mathed - Math editor'
back to 'Output'
...
calling: maxima
input: 'simpsum:true;tex(5 + 2);'
output: '7'
Buffer.cpp (3449): updateMacro of novýsúbor9.lyx
12:31:27.889: Automatický úklad hotový.
Here it shows:
12:38:28.705: Alt+M Afinding 'finding 'finding 'use whole cell:
checking expr: '5 + 2'
calling: maxima
input: 'simpsum:true;tex(5 + 2);'
output: '7'
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