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maxima-init.mac
is a file which is loaded automatically when Maxima
starts. You can use maxima-init.mac
to customize your Maxima
environment. maxima-init.mac
, if it exists, is typically placed in the
directory named by maxima_userdir
,
although it can be in any directory searched by the function file_search
.
Here is an example maxima-init.mac
file:
setup_autoload ("specfun.mac", ultraspherical, assoc_legendre_p); showtime:all;
In this example, setup_autoload
tells Maxima to load the
specified file
(specfun.mac
) if any of the functions (ultraspherical
,
assoc_legendre_p
) are called but not yet defined.
Thus you needn’t remember to load the file before calling the functions.
The statement showtime: all
tells Maxima to set the showtime
variable. The maxima-init.mac
file can contain any other assignments or
other Maxima statements.
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