How much does Mogan depend on default Maxima/Octave plugins?

#1

Does Mogan require that these plugins be present to function even if the user will never want to open a maxima or octave session, and if not, how easy would it be to remove these plugins from a default installation?

Given that a recent survey on this forum revealed that Mathematica is by far the most used computer algebra system, it might make sense to include a plugin for the free (personal use) Wolfram Engine and/or for the free Mathics clone of Wolfram language as the ‘default’ CAS, or no plugin at all.

Developers of TeXmacs/Mogan may also want to take a look Wolframite to see how well its developers have integrated the Wolfram Engine with Clojure. Obviously Clojure is not Scheme, but the project shows what is possible.

WLJS Notebook might also be able to provide additional inspiration.

#2

It does not require the plugins to be present. Why would you want to delete them, though?

#3

It’s different from what you propose, but connected to it: there is a plugin for Mathematica, please see the link in the Readme of https://github.com/texmacs/tm-forge

just as @jeroen is hinting at, I don’t think there is a concept of ‘default’ CAS in TeXmacs, and I would expect it also not being there in Mogan, although I do not use Mogan.

This said, I have in mind that a more flexible way of making plugins available for TeXmacs might be good, and as far as I understand @darcy is implementing such a thing in Mogan, although I do not know the status of the implementation.

#4 
and as far as I understand @darcy is implementing such a thing in Mogan

I’ll be keeping an eye on it then because I would like a richer notebook interface than what the example on tm-forge currently provides.

#5 
and as far as I understand @darcy is implementing such a thing in Mogan

I’m planning to implement a calculator in Mogan based on Goldfish Scheme.

A calculator is much more easier than a system like Maxima or Mathematica.

#6

I had the plugin center in mind: https://github.com/XmacsLabs/mogan/issues/771