Re: What is the status of ob-maxima.el? Is this a bug?

[Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca>]

On Tue, Dec 05 2023, "Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Tuesday,  5 Dec 2023 at 16:42, Leo Butler wrote:
>> With recent versions of ob-maxima.el, you can set header arguments to
>> get the behaviour Eduardo expected:
>
> Thank you.  This is great news.
>
> I'm going to have to upgrade as the version I'm currently using (from
> 1-2 months ago, I think) doesn't seem to pay attention to :cmdline
> --quiet and/or :results raw.

Yes, it is relatively recent work (see below).

You mentioned returning a value from a maxima code block. I wonder if
you could elaborate? I could imagine either the lisp sexp of the last
expression or the printed representation (e.g. in linear/1d form). But
maybe you have something else in mind?

Leo


#+begin_src elisp :exports results
  (org-version)
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
: 9.7-pre

#+NAME: batch-quiet-maxima
#+HEADER: :batch batch
#+HEADER: :exports results
#+HEADER: :results raw
#+HEADER: :wrap example
#+HEADER: :cmdline --quiet
#+BEGIN_SRC maxima
  rat(1/(x+1) + x/(x-1));
#+END_SRC

#+RESULTS: batch-quiet-maxima
#+begin_example
(%i1) rat(1/(x+1)+x/(x-1))
                                  2
                                 x  + 2 x - 1
(%o1)/R/                         ------------
                                     2
                                    x  - 1
#+end_example