



When assistant Rosetta is launched, you can access the computer algebra programs,
Calc, CoCoA, WinCoCoA, Gap, Giac, Jacal, Macaulay and Maxima from their
specialized toolbars, when clicking on the corresponding buttons of the assistant's
strip. If you wish to try one of them, refer to the corresponding section of
chapter 7.
The toolbars of the programsCalc, CoCoA etc. belong to the group of toolbars Alg-1.
To launch the other computer algebra programs that you met in the installation tests
of the section 3.2 (Pari, Singular, Yacas and Xmaxima), it is necessary to change
group of toolbars. To this end, move the cursor of the mouse on the button
of the strip, then click on the button Alg-2 . The
buttons of the programs Xmaxima, MuPAD Studio, Pari, Singular, Yacas, Aldor,
Axiom, CLN and DoCon appear.
Click on the
button of the strip then on the button
XMAXIMA5.9 of the toolbar Alg\Xmaxima (Fig. 8.1): the Maxima program is
launched in a graphic window, entitled Xmaxima. Click on the button integrate of
the toolbar Alg\Xmaxima to verify the good working of Maxima in its graphic
interface, then close Xmaxima with its option File / Exit or with the button
Quitter 5.9 of the toolbar. For a more thorough study of Xmaxima, or
if you wish to try one of the four following programs of the group Alg-2
(MuPAD Studio, Pari, Singular or Yacas), refer to the corresponding section of
the chapter 8. Note that the last four software of the group Alg-2 are not
usable from the CD-ROM: Aldor is not available under Windows, Axiom
not yet available in free version, CLN is a library and DoCon is not yet
installed. The associated toolbars provide the documentation solely (cf. sec. 8.6
to 8.9).
When moving the cursor on the button
of the
strip and clicking on the button Alg-3 , the buttons of the programs of the group
Alg-3 appear:



