Re: Two beginner questions

"Alasdair McAndrew" <[email protected]> writes:

> I've just started experimenting with Axiom (under Linux); 

Great! Welcome (back)!

> I have two questions:
> 
> 1) is there any help other than HyperDoc?  So that, for example, I can find
> out about "integrate" within Axiom?

a) HyperDoc is tightly integrated with Axiom.  Do you have trouble using it?
(If so, please indicate which distribution of axiom you are using. Currently,
wh-sandbox, an axiom distribution maintained by Waldek Hebisch, fixes - as far
as I know - all troubles previously encountered with HyperDoc.  In particular,
the buttons "users" and "uses" work.)

In HyperDoc, you should click on 'browse', then enter "integrate" and click on
'operations'.  You should then obtain quite detailed help.  I strongly
recommend that you make yourself familiar with HyperDoc.

b) Otherwise, you can get some help within the axiom shell. But really, I'd say
that this sort of help -- except of the very first one below -- is rather for
experts...  Issue one of the following:

)what things integrate
)what operations integrate
)what packages integrate
)what domains integrate
)what categories integrate

)display operations integrate

all commands may be abbreviated as long as they remain unique. I.e., you may
also issue

)wh th integrate

instead.  If the resulting information doesn't tell you much, go back to
HyperDoc :-)

c) possibly you could use "asq" as follows from the axiom shell:

)sys -op integrate

but it didn't work on my box, I'll have to check that.

> 2) are the only two interfaces the text interface and TeXmacs?

Sort of.  Personally, I use emacs shell mode, which I find very comfortable.
As far as I know, there is a specialised emacs mode available, too, please ask
Cliff Yapp <[email protected]>.

All the best

Martin