(xmaxima.info)Main Window

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Enter node , (file) or (file)node

2 Xmaxima Window
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By default, Xmaxima creates a window split horizontally into two
sub-windows.  The one on the top is the text window, where all the
commands for Maxima will be entered and the output returned by Maxima
will be printed.

   The lower window is Xmaxima's browser; it is used to show a quick
primer, a copy of the Maxima manual and any other HTML you might want to
download from the Web.

   The cursor is the small vertical bar that blinks in the text Window.
The text that is currently being written in the text window and which
could be submitted to Maxima for evaluation is rendered in green.  The
text sent back by Maxima is rendered in black, and the text that has
been previously entered by the user and that was already evaluated by
Maxima is rendered in blue.

   The relative size of the two sub-windows can be adjusted, by dragging
the horizontal bar that separates them, with the mouse.  The browser
window can be eliminated, leaving only a larger text window, and
recovered again, by using the section 'Toggle Browser Visibility' in the
'Options' menu.

   You can also choose different types and sizes for the fonts, in the
section 'Preferences' of the 'Options' menu; those settings will be
saved for future sessions.