Am 18.10.2016 um 13:58 schrieb Paola Manzini <pm...@st-andrews.ac.uk>: > > >> On 18 Oct 2016, at 12:33, Kornel Benko <kor...@lyx.org> wrote: >> >> Am Dienstag, 18. Oktober 2016 um 11:10:06, 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)> >> >> ... >> >>>> 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) >>>> >> >> ... >> >>> from the console I get the same as you: >>> >>> (%i2) 5+2; >>> (%o2) 7 >>> (%i3) >> >> It should work. Do you have the same PATH settings on console? >> Note, that I am not on MAC, so only guessing. >> >> Kornel > > I know it should work, which is why it is sooo frustrating! I cannot see any > path settings in the Terminal, but I have put in lyX the same address as the > one invoked for Maxima run from a terminal window, and still no joy!
The problem is that LyX contains the call of the external utility as hard-coded string and it is „maxima“. The only solution I can see is to wrap the wrapper script „maxima.sh“ located inside the Maxima.app bundle with a utility script like the following code (I cannot attach it - every virus checker will block the transport): ======= 8< snip here >8 ======= #!/bin/sh exec /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/maxima.sh "$@" ======= 8< snip here >8 ======= In terminal you may do this: $ mkdir -p $HOME/bin $ cat - > $HOME/bin/maxima <<EOF #!/bin/sh exec /Applications/Maxima.app/Contents/Resources/maxima.sh "\$@" EOF $ chmod +x $HOME/bin/maxima Then verify that "$HOME/bin“ is in LyX’s configured PATH - either as written or as "~/bin". Then it should work. Regards, Stephan PS: Be careful with the quotation marks and the backslash. They’re essential.
