About
wxMaxima is a cross platform GUI for the computer algebra system maxima based on wxWidgets.
wxMaxima features include:
- 2D formatted math display: wxMaxima implements its own math display engine to nicely display maxima output.
- Menu system: most maxima commands are available through menus. Most used functions are also available through a button panel at below the input line.
- Dialogs: commands which require more that one argument can be entered through dialogs so that there is no need to remember the exact syntax.
- Command line history: the input line has command history and command completion based on previous input.
- Create documents: text can be mixed with math calculations to create documents. See the howto for tips on how to use these features. Documents can be saved and edited again later.
- Animations: version 0.7.4 adds support for simple animations.
wxMaxima is released under the GPL2 licence.
The wxMaxima icon was created by Sven Hodapp [1].
There are some screenshots here.
Download
The latest version of wxMaxima is 0.7.5. You will need to install maxima separately from maxima webpage.
- Windows: installer.
- Source: tar.gz.
- All files released so far are available from wxMaxima project page.
User contributed packages.
Help
Here are some tips for efficiently using wxMaxima.
Tips for using wxMaxima on Mac OS X.
Public forum is available for questions and discussion about wxMaxima. Questions related to maxima should be posted to maxima mailing list.
There is a known problem in version 0.7.0. If wxMaxima works the first time you start it but later it does not work anymore, look here for a possible workaround.
