Adding MMA Mathematica plugin on Windows

#1

As far as I can see, https://github.com/hammerfunctor/tm-mathematica is the only way to use Mathematica inside TeXmacs on Windows.

I downloaded the zip file to the TeXmacs plugin folder on Windows and renamed it to mma as stated in the instructions on GitHub.
Moreover, I ran the menu entry Tools > Update > Plugins.

Running

(url-exists-in-path? "wolframscript")

returns #t, indicating that TeXmacs can find the code.

However, there is no menu entry like Mathematica in the Insert > Session menu.

Maybe @sharkc has an idea which additional diagnostics I could run to pin down the problem.

I carefully read http://forum.texmacs.cn/t/texmacs-unable-to-run-mma-mathematica-plugin-in-mac-m2/2015, but this shouldn’t affect Windows.

#2

The plugin 's name is mma. Could you look for that entry in the Insert > Session menu?

#3

No, excuse me, I should have mentioned this.
I can only see the Options for Scheme, R and MATLAB.
Scheme sessions are the only ones which work.

#4

I tried it with both Windows and Linux Ubuntu and it worked for me in both cases.

On Windows, the mma menu entry did not appear at program startup. I run the the menu entry Tools > Update > Plugins four times and it appeared, but checked for the menu entry only after the fourth time.

I am using TeXmacs version 2.1.2 on Windows, 2.1.4 on Linux.

Could you try updating the plugins a few times—in case it helps? If not, I think we can try some debugging.

#5

Try (supports-mma?). Unbound variable means it doesn’t detect files while #t or #f tell you conditions are met or not.

#6

Thanks @pireddag and @sharkc for your comments.

Updating the plugins multiple times doesn’t make any difference.

Indeed, (supports-mma?) returns Unbound variable.

I’m also struggling a bit, because on Windows I can’t see the status bar. On my Linux computer I can see it.

I installed Octave on my Windows computer to ensure that it would correctly activate the corresponding plugin and it worked.

#7

If you’re pretty sure those files are sitting where they should be, try to run the setup program with texmacs -S. If it still does not work, try to reboot your PC. That’s all I can say about this situation.

#8

Thanks nonetheless.

I found some interesting information on http://forum.texmacs.cn/t/install-texmacs-with-maxima-on-mac-with-m1/614/51.
It is actually about the Maxima plugin on Mac OS, but there are some generally helpful hints about debugging plugins.

#9

Here I understand that the files @sharkc is referring to are Scheme files belonging to TeXmacs. The fact that TeXmacs is not detecting them means “something is wrong with the TeXmacs installation”. @sharkc please correct me if I am wrong.

#10

Sorry I should be more specific. I was saying TeXmacs is not aware the files associated to mma plugin. And since @SausageDog cannot even see the status bar, there are definitely some problems with the TeXmacs installation. There are a couple of things to do:

  • try some of the latest builds from https://www.texmacs.org/builds/ until TeXmacs, by itself, behaves as expected (status bar is shown and so on)
  • if TeXmacs works well but the mma plugin doesn’t, start TeXmacs with the command line parameter texmacs -S, which refresh some caches that could cause problems
  • if the plugin still doesn’t work, first close TeXmacs, delete the whole dir mma, and re-download and unpack it. look into your plugins/mma/progs/init-mma.scm to make sure everything is normal.

Along the way, please always start TeXmacs from a command line environment so that you can see errors and warnings in the first place