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Re: Re: Mathematica: Assistance requested.

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• Subject: [mg59213] Re: [mg59183] Re: Mathematica: Assistance requested.
• From: yehuda ben-shimol <bsyehuda at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 00:42:33 -0400 (EDT)
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• Reply-to: yehuda ben-shimol <bsyehuda at gmail.com>
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Hi,
for item 1 - open a terminal window. at the command prompt type math
and predd enter, this will open the textual interface
good luck (you will need it with the textual interface ;) )
yehuda

On 8/1/05, David Bailey <dave at remove_thisdbailey.co.uk> wrote:
> C. Frangos wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am trying to learn Mathematica running under suse linux version 7.2. Any
> > assistance with the following would be much appreciated:
> >
> > (1) How do I start Mathematica from the linux command line so as to get only
> > the plain text command line interface ?
> >
> > (2) I have a function defined in a file ftest.m. I am reading this in with
> > the command: <<ftest.m However, this function prints locally defined
> > variables with dollar signs followed by a number. It's not clear how to get
> > rid of this ?
> >
> > (3) How can one use contexts/packages/etc to get rid of the problem in (2)
> > above ? How is the package read in ? Are there some advantages in using
> > packages (even for one function) compared to simply defining a function in a
> > .m file ?
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> > Constantine Frangos.
> >
> >
> Hi,
> 
> I am not a Linux user, but in answer to point 2, you should put the file
> name in quotes - <<"ftest.m".
> 
> My general advice would be to use Mathematica the normal way using
> notebooks until you can make an informed decision about using the plain
> text interface. In general, I too like plain text interfaces, but
> nothing would persuade me to abandon the notebook interface for normal use.
> 
> Start with a notebook and some of the simpler examples from the book.
> Try them out and experiment with modifying them. Forget about creating
> packages until you have worked with Mathematica for some time.
> 
> David Bailey
> http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
> 
>

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  • Re: Mathematica: Assistance requested.
    • From: David Bailey <dave@Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>