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4.5 Manual launching of the CAS 

We saw in sec. 4.1 how running the computer algebra programs of the CD-ROM from assistant Rosetta. They can also be launched mannally by typing a name, in a command window from the icons Invite Rosetta Win9x or Invite Rosetta WinNTx of the folder Rosetta (Fig. 2.2), or in a shell of Emacs from the icon Invite Rosetta Emacs of the folder Rosetta. We give, in the table below, the name to type for every program, and we specify if the command works or not in a command window and in a shell of Emacs:

Program LaunchingEnd of Quit Works Works
name command Cmd W.Sh Emacs
CoCoA cocoa ;Enter Quit; Yes Yes
Gap gap ;Enter quit; Yes Yes
Jacal jacal ;Enter quit(); Yes Yes
Macaulay2 macaulay Enter quit Yes Yes
Maxima 5.9 maxima ;Enter quit(); Yes Yes
Maxima 5.5 maxima55;Enter quit(); Yes Yes
Pari pari Enter quit Yes Yes
Singular singular ;Enter quit; Yes Yes
Yacas yacas ;Enter quit; Yes Non
Giac giac Enter File / quitYes
Mupad mupad ;Enter File / exitYes
Xmaxima 5.9xmaxima ;Enter File / exitYes
Xmaxima 5.5xmaxim55;Enter File / exitYes
WinCoCoA wincocoa ;Ctrl-EnterFile / quitYes

It can be useful in the course of systematic comparisons. For example, the batch file compare.bat of content 

 start cocoa
 start gap
will permit, by simply clicking on this file or by adding a button in assistant Rosetta, to launch CoCoA and Gap in two distinct windows with a view to comparing them.

Remarks: To launch MuPAD Studio by hand, it can be necessary to have launched it at least once from the buttons, as indicated in sec. 8.2 (useless under Win 2000).

To launch Xmaxima, it is necessary not to have launched Maxima first in the same window. Otherwise, one gets an error (one can launch Xmaxima, then Maxima, then again Xmaxima, but not Maxima then Xmaxima).

The prompts of Pari (a question mark) and of Singular (a sign superior to) don't appear in a shell of Emacs.

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