NAME¶

fricas, efricas - advanced computer algebra system.

SYNOPSIS¶

fricas [options]
efricas

DESCRIPTION¶

FriCAS is an advanced computer algebra system.

efricas starts FriCAS inside Emacs

fricas starts FriCAS using command line interface. fricas has the following options:

[-nosman]

use plain command line interface (disables other options). This option is mandatory when FriCAS takes input from a pipe

[-ht|-noht] whether to use HyperDoc

[-gr|-nogr] whether to use Graphics

[-clef |-noclef] whether to use Clef

[-iw|-noiw] start in interpreter window

[-ihere|-noihere]

start an interpreter buffer in the original window.

[-nox]

don't use X Windows

[-go|-nogo] whether to start system

[-ws wsname]

use named workspace

[-list]

list workspaces only

[-clefprog fname]

use named program for Clef (command line editing)

[-h]

show usage

[-eval code]

evaluate specified code at start

[-texmacs]

setup FriCAS for communication in TeXmacs protocol

[-emacs]

setup for emacs frontend

SEE ALSO¶

The full documentation for fricas is maintained as a set of HyperDoc pages. If fricas is stared inside X Windows environment by default HyperDoc window will pop up on the screen giving access to complete documentation.

BUGS¶

Piping data to FriCAS does not work without '-nosman' option