Bug#797697: RFS: wxmaxima/15.08.1-1
Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal
Dear mentors,
I am looking for a sponsor for my package "wxmaxima"
* Package name : wxmaxima
Version : 15.08.1-1
Upstream Author : Andrej Vodopivec <andrej.vodopivec@gmail.com>
* URL : wxmaxima.sourceforge.net
* License : GPL 2+
Section : math
It builds those binary packages:
wxmaxima - GUI for the computer algebra system Maxima
To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:
Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:
wxMaxima is a full-featured graphical user interface for maxima, a computer algebra system (cas).
Computer algebra systems allow to do any kind of maths with a computer in a comfortable way. This includes all calculations that one would expect from a computer and that result in a number. Maxima is especially well-equipped for this task: Besides the floats the processor hardware can handle it allows to use arbitrary-length floating-point numbers and exact fractions of numbers whose size is only limited by the computer's memory. But the thing a cas is specialized in is actually finding the equation that solves a problem. One simple example would be:
(%i7) solve(b^2+a^2 = c^2,b);
(%o7) [b = -sqrt(c^2-a^2),b = sqrt(c^2-a^2)]
But maxima will try to find a equation that solves a differential equation or a differential, as well.
The only change since the last upload on the debian specific side is an updated ChangeLog entry.
In the code there have been loads of enhancements, though:
* Most important is that this package now is compatible with maxima 5.37.0
* Syntax highlighting in code cells
* MathJAX now provides scaleable equations and extended drag-and-drop for the html export.
* The table-of-contents-sidebar now shows the current cursor position
* Fixed a few instances of cursors jumping out of the screen
* Fixed a few instances of cursors jumping to the beginning or end of the worksheet
* Better detection which cell maxima is processing and if it still is doing so
* Regression: Hiding the toolbar didn't work on some systems
* Markdown support for <=, >=, <=>, <-, ->, <->, => and +/- symbols.
* An option to not export maxima's input as well as the output.
* An option to use High-resolution bitmaps for the HTML export.
* Images that are too big for the window now are displayed in a scaled-down version.
* Fixed the support for out-of-tree-bulds that was broken in 15.04
* Meaningful ALT texts for the HTML export to provide accessibility
* An option to include the .wxmx file in the .html export
* Performance fixes that are espectionally effective for MSW
* Unification of some platform-specific code
* bash autocompletion
* A fourth sectioning level
* Made entering uppercase greek letters easier and documented how to input special
unicode symbols
* Automatic highlighting of text equal to the currrently selected one.
* A batch mode that pauses evaluation if maxima asks a question.
* A "halt on error" feature
* Now evaluation of a new command is only triggered if evaluation of the last
command has finished. This means that output from maxima is always appended
to the right cell.
* Un-broke error and question handling for multiple commands per cell. Sincewe now send
maxima's input command-per-command this means a cell with multiple commands is no
more evaluated faster than multiple cells with single commands each.
* If ever a end-of-evaluation marker gets lost there is a new "trigger evaluation"
menu entry in the maxima menu.
* On wxGtk autocompletion was replaced by a content assistant that is based on the
surprisingly powerful autocompletion feature.
* Ctrl+Tab now launches the autocompletion (or content assistant, if available)
* Tab and Shift+Tab now indent and unindent regions.
* Ctrl+Mouse wheel and Ctrl++/- now zoom in and out of the worksheet.
* Allow Extending selection from part of a single cell to multiple cells.
* An Autoindent functionality.
Regards,
Gunter Königsmann
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