4.1 Launching a computer algebra program from the assistant 

4.1.1 In a command window 

To launch Maxima in a command window  :

1.  Click on the button of the assistant's strip to open the toolbar Alg\Maxima.
2.  Click on the button MAXIMA5.9 of the toolbar Alg\Maxima. It launches the last version of Maxima in a command window.
3.  When the prompt (C1) Maxima appears, type quit(); to leave Maxima. This closes the command window at the same time.

4.1.2 In a shell of Emacs 

To launch Maxima in a shell of Emacs:

1.  Click on the button EMACS/ast of the toolbar Alg\Maxima to launch Emacs.
2.  When Emacs is open, click on the button Emaxima5.9 of the toolbar, to launch the new version of Maxima in a shell of Emacs, (or click on Emaxima5.5 to launch the former version).
3.  Type Ctrl-X 0 to allocate the whole window of Emacs to Maxima (you can also click on the button of the strip to open the toolbar Etc\Emacs, click on the button Del fenêtre of this toolbar and close this toolbar).
4.  Click on the button 1+2 of the toolbar Alg\Maxima to verify the good working of this button and of Maxima in a shell of Emacs.
5.  Click on the button integrate to verify the capacities of Maxima in computer algebra (calculation of the indefinite integral of the function 1/).
6.  If you wish to study Maxima further, refer to sections 7.10 and 8.1. Otherwise, click on the button Quitter of the toolbar Alg\Maxima to stop Maxima. The message runprg.bat maxima55: finished is displayed at the bottom of the window of Emacs.
7.  Close the window of Emacs with the option File / Exit Emacs.