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This is the windows README file.
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Binary files included with this distribution
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The windows version package of maxima includes binary files
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from other Open Source projects also hosted on Sourceforge.
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gcc.exe, cc1.exe and the files in lib/gcc-lib and include/
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subdirectories are from the mingw version of gcc. This is
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available from http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/
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as.exe is from the mingw (http://www.mingw.org/) port of binutils
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available from http://prdownloads.sf.net/mingw/
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The files wgnuplot.exe, wgnuplot.hlp and wgnuplot.mnu are from the
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Windows distribution of gnuplot from http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net
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Out of Environment Space
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When you attempt to run maxima on a Windows 9x machine
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Out of environment space
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The following advice from Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 230205
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(http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q230/2/05.ASP)
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This issue can occur if you do not have enough memory in the MS-DOS
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environment to set an environment variable.
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To resolve this issue, increase the default environment space available
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for MS-DOS programs. To do this, use one of the following methods.
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Modify the Environment for All MS-DOS Programs
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To increase the default environment space for all MS-DOS programs
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running in Windows, edit the Shell command in the Config.sys file.
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To do this, follow these steps:
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1. Click Start, and then click Run.
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2. In the Open box, type sysedit, and then click OK.
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3. Click the Config.sys window.
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4. At the beginning of the Shell= line, type REM, and then press
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If the Shell= line does not exist, proceed to the next step.
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5. Press the HOME key.
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6. Type the following line to create a new Shell= line, and then
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SHELL=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /P
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7. On the File menu, click Save.
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8. On the File menu, click Exit.
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9. Restart the computer.
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Modify the Environment for a Specific MS-DOS Program
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To increase the default environment space just for maxima.bat, follow
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1. Right-click the maxima.bat program icon, and then click Properties.
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2. Click the Memory tab.
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3. In the Initial Environment box, type the number of kilobytes (KB)
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that the program requires, and then click OK.
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NOTE: The maximum amount of memory that you can allocate is 4096 KB.
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