Using LyX for calculations (was Rendering of LyX's math screen fonts.)

[Jerry]

I know that LyX has hooks for some computer algebra systems (Mathematica, Maple, Maxima) and Octave. I have played with these a little (Octave and Mathematica) and it seems potentially useful but possibly not fully developed in LyX.

I'm curious to know how you and others have used this corner of LyX.

Jerry

PS: It is funny that you also use the math editor for calculations. I used
to do that a lot for my thesis, but always thought I was the only one.

[Rudi Gaelzer]

I only tried them out for very simple cases as well.
Begging the pardon of LyX's developers, you'll find this resource much more developed in texmacs, if you're not aware of it:
http://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/home/welcome.en.html
There, you'll find interfaces for several different CAS, such as those you mentioned.

Post by Jerry
I know that LyX has hooks for some computer algebra systems (Mathematica, Maple, Maxima) and Octave. I have played with these a little (Octave and Mathematica) and it seems potentially useful but possibly not fully developed in LyX.
I'm curious to know how you and others have used this corner of LyX.
Jerry

PS: It is funny that you also use the math editor for calculations. I used
to do that a lot for my thesis, but always thought I was the only one.

[Georg Baum]

Post by Jerry
I know that LyX has hooks for some computer algebra systems (Mathematica,
Maple, Maxima) and Octave. I have played with these a little (Octave and
Mathematica) and it seems potentially useful but possibly not fully
developed in LyX.

It is only very basic (and therefore not much advertised).

Post by Jerry
I'm curious to know how you and others have used this corner of LyX.

I did not use this interface. I did manual calculations involving bigger
equations that I would otherwise have done on paper. I used LyX only because
I could easily incorporate corrections (and print the result again for final
proof reading).


Georg

[Andrew Parsloe]

Post by Georg Baum

Post by Jerry
I know that LyX has hooks for some computer algebra systems (Mathematica,
Maple, Maxima) and Octave. I have played with these a little (Octave and
Mathematica) and it seems potentially useful but possibly not fully
developed in LyX.

It is only very basic (and therefore not much advertised).

Post by Jerry
I'm curious to know how you and others have used this corner of LyX.

I did not use this interface. I did manual calculations involving bigger
equations that I would otherwise have done on paper. I used LyX only because
I could easily incorporate corrections (and print the result again for final
proof reading).
Georg

Slightly off topic, but the LaTeX package calcul83.sty, lyx module and
explanatory document at

http://marc.info/?l=lyx-users&m=138122526923848&w=2

allow numerical evaluation of formulae in LyX's math editor (also some
extra facilities like iterating functions and creating tables of values)
using instant preview, without having to hunt through the menus to
activate a CAS. In fact the expl language of LaTeX3 seems to me
sufficiently usable and powerful enough to create a CAS in TeX.
Reinventing the wheel of course but it would be kind of nice to have
such things evaluate under instant preview.

Andrew