Hi Kornelm I think that yolu should point İnci'de the .app package, where the unix binary lives. I do not have my laptop with me, but it could be the Macos folder in the app package (your .app file is in fact a bundle containing sub folders, and one of them contains the maxima binary
Prof. Murat Yildizoglu Note: Please use the following address as such UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113) MURAT YILDIZOGLU 16 AVENUE LEON DUGUIT CS 50057 33608 PESSAC CEDEX FRANCE Bureau : E-331 mail: murat.yildizoglu at u-bordeaux.fr web: www.yildizoglu.fr Le 18 oct. 2016 à 13:06 +0200, Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org>, a écrit : > Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016 um 10:57:08, schrieb Paola Manzini > <pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk > > On 18 Oct 2016, at 11:39, Kornel Benko > > <kor...@lyx.org<mailto:kor...@lyx.org>> wrote: > > > > Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016 um 10:12:50, schrieb Paola Manzini > > <pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk<mailto: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' > > > > Kornel > > > > many thanks Kornel for your prompt reply, I’ve tried what you suggested, > > and what I got is no output, namely: > > > > 11:55:08.254: (math-extern maxima)finding 'finding 'finding 'use whole > > cell: checking expr: '5 + 2' > > calling: maxima > > input: 'simpsum:true;tex(5 + 2);’ > > > > does this suggest where the problem is? > > No, missing: output: '7' > > What happens if you call maxima from the console window and input the string > '(5+2);' followed by <Return>? > Here I get: > (%i1) (5+2); > (%o1) 7 > (%i2) > > > thanks, > > Paola > > Kornel
