Macsyma v.419 is now available for research on Cobalt. Macsyma is being
migrated from Bronze at the end of this semester, and will
not be available on other UCS systems. Faculty, staff, and graduate
students are eligible for accounts on Cobalt, but staff and
graduate students need a faculty sponsor. For more information about
Cobalt, send e-mail to the UCS Support Center at
ucshelp@indiana.edu, or call 812/855-6789. 

Accessing Macsyma on Cobalt

If your terminal does not have X Windows capability, at the system
prompt, enter 

       macsyma 

If your terminal does have X Windows capability, you may still use
Macsyma in terminal mode; at the system prompt, enter 

       macsyma dumb 

To interrupt a command, use Control-C. To quit, enter the command 

       quit(); 

To execute a Macsyma job in noninteractive mode, as a background
process, at the system prompt, type: 

       macsyma < inputfilename > outputfilename & 

To use macsyma with X windows, you should: 

- On the terminal on which you want the display, enter the command

              xhost + cobalt 

- Log onto cobalt. 

1. If you are using C-shell, enter the command 

           setenv DISPLAY yourmachinename:0 

   If you are using B-shell, K-shell, or bash, enter the command

           DISPLAY=yourmachinename:0; export DISPLAY 

2. Enter the command 

              stty -tostop 

You may wish to modify your .login file to accomplish this step
automatically in subsequent logins. 

3. Enter the command 

           macsyma & 

When you're finished, you can give the quit(); command at the prompt, or
choose Exit under the File menu.


Getting help

Online help is available when you invoke Macsyma either in terminal mode
or in an X Windows session by typing, at the macsyma prompt

       help(); 

and follow the directions given. When you invoke Macsyma in an X
Windows session, a help menu and index are also available. 

For help using Macsyma, send e-mail to the UCS Stat/Math Center at
statmath@indiana.edu, or call 812/855-4724.