
The Maple 7 Command Line Interface
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DESCRIPTION

  The command line interface of Maple 7 allows you full access to the Maple
  mathematical engine through an efficient, text-based interface. It is
  particularly suited to solving large mathematical problems on
  slower computers or on computers with limited memory.

  The following is the introduction to Maple's Command Line Interface.

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  Input commands can be edited by using special key sequences.  These are
  described in the Maple help page "?editing".


STARTING

  Windows       From the Start menu, choose Programs, then Maple 7, then
                Command Line Maple. Alternatively, you can enter "cmaple" 
                in a DOS Window or in the Run box from the Start menu. 

  Macintosh     Click on the Command Line Maple icon.   
   
  UNIX          Type "maple" at the prompt.


QUITTING

  Type the command "quit" at a new Maple prompt. If Maple does not exit, you
  are probably in the middle of entering a command.  Type a semicolon (;) at
  the Maple prompt, press the Enter key, then issue the "quit" command again.
  Macintosh users: From the "File" menu, choose "Quit".


OPTIONS

  Command line verions of Maple accept a number of options (except for
  the Macintosh version). Some of the more commonly used options are:

  -b   The -b (library) option tells Maple that the following argument should
       be used as the pathname of the directory that contains the Maple
       library.  This initializes the Maple variable `libname'.  By default,
       `libname' is initialized with the name of the directory in which
       the library was installed.

       More than one -b option can be specified.  In this case, the first -b
       option overrides the default `libname' setting, and subsequent -b
       options are appended to `libname', forming a Maple expression sequence
       of directory names.

  -c   The -c (execute command) option specifies a command that Maple is to
       execute on startup.  The command can be any valid Maple command, but 
       may not contain any blank characters.  Multiple -c options may be
       specified.  Commands specified by -c options and files specified by
       -i options are executed in the order in which they were specified 
       after the normal initialization files have been read.

  -q   The -q (quiet) option will suppress the printing of Maple's startup
       message, various informational messages (bytes used messages and
       garbage collection messages), and the signoff message. Maple is better
       suited for use as a filter when these messages are suppressed.

  A complete list of available options can be found in the Maple help system.
  Type ?maple, or read the maple man page (UNIX) for more information.

  Standard read and save commands can be used in the Command Line version.
  Macintosh users can locate these two commands in the "File" menu.  For more
  information about these two commands, refer to the help pages ?read and
  ?save.
