X-Git-Url: https://www.ginac.de/ginac.git//ginac.git?p=ginac.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=cint%2Fginaccint.1;h=aef0b0a66c9b757b35822a6ecf763994dec423ad;hp=fe313d0bef633735b1fb3551074dbb1a94b9cb2e;hb=660dc3380d44928709d5ac47d3ad6e98bb7c30c2;hpb=f0c1161097348561b3d9d992bb2a840429c2aff9 diff --git a/cint/ginaccint.1 b/cint/ginaccint.1 index fe313d0b..aef0b0a6 100644 --- a/cint/ginaccint.1 +++ b/cint/ginaccint.1 @@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ GiNaC-cint \- An interactive interface for GiNaC based on the Cint C/C++ interpr .SH DESCRIPTION .B ginaccint is an interactive frontend for the GiNaC symbolic computation -framework. It is a tool that lets you write interactive programs in -C++ that directly make use of GiNaC's classes and thus a more complete -replacement for traditional interactive computer algebra systems than -\fBginsh\fP(1) is. Programs may be composed as scripts and later compiled -with the native compiler and linked into the system. +framework. It is a tool that lets you write interactive programs +(scripts) in C++ that directly make use of GiNaC's classes. Thus it +is a more complete replacement for traditional interactive computer +algebra systems than \fBginsh\fP(1) is. Programs may be composed as +scripts and later compiled with the native compiler and linked into +the system. .SH USAGE .SS INPUT FORMAT After startup, ginsh displays a prompt signifying that it is ready to @@ -25,14 +26,14 @@ statements as GiNaC> symbol x("x"), y("y"), z; .fi which defines two named symbols and an anonymous one for later usage. -All GiNaC methods and functions are available as they would be typed +All GiNaC methods and functions are available as they would be coded in C++. It is not necessary to explicitly invoke a print command as the last expression is automatically printed: .nf GiNaC> pow(x+y,4).expand(); -out2 = x^4+4*x^3*y+6*x^2*y^2+4*x*y^3+y^4 +Out2 = x^4+4*x^3*y+6*x^2*y^2+4*x*y^3+y^4 .fi -Statements are generally closed by either when a closing brace +Statements are generally closed either when a closing brace .RB ( } ) matches the first opening brace .RB ( { ) @@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ is encountered. .SS SPECIAL COMMANDS .IP "\fB.cint\fR" -Switch to cint interactive mode. +Switch to cint's interactive mode. .IP "\fB.function\fR" Allow a function definition in interactive mode. GiNaC-cint must be @@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ function definition in valid C++ syntax may be typed in. It becomes immediatly available for usage. .IP "\fBquit;\fR" -Exit from GiNaC-Cint. Same as +Exit from GiNaC-cint. Same as .BR "exit;" , .BR "bye;" , .BR ".q" , @@ -125,6 +126,19 @@ you encounter as far as possible and contact Masaharu Goto for Cint-related bugs and for any bugs in the GiNaC engine. +Only expressions (class +.BR ex ) +are typed out and available through +.BR "\fBOut\fP\fInum\fP" +and +.BR LAST +after declaring them. This accounts for some funny behaviour, like +.BR fibonacci(7) +doesn't print, but +.BR fibonacci(7)*1 +does, since this is not a naked number but an expression holding +that number. + .SH AUTHOR .TP The GiNaC Group @@ -146,17 +160,6 @@ CLN \- A Class Library for Numbers, Bruno Haible .PP \fBginsh\fP(1) .SH COPYRIGHT -.SS CINT COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co of Cint and associated tools are owned by Agilent -Technologies Japan Company and the author. Acknowledgement to the -author by e-mail is recommended at installation. Source code, binary -executable or library of Cint and associated tools can be used, -modified and distributed free of charge for any purpose provided that -the copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright -notice and this permission notice appear in documentation. -Registration is requested, at this moment, for commercial use. Send -e-mail to the author . The registration is -free. .SS GINAC COPYRIGHT Copyright \(co 1999-2000 Johannes Gutenberg Universit\(:at Mainz, Germany @@ -173,3 +176,14 @@ GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. +.SS CINT COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co of Cint and associated tools are owned by Agilent +Technologies Japan Company and the author. Acknowledgement to the +author by e-mail is recommended at installation. Source code, binary +executable or library of Cint and associated tools can be used, +modified and distributed free of charge for any purpose provided that +the copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright +notice and this permission notice appear in documentation. +Registration is requested, at this moment, for commercial use. Send +e-mail to the author . The registration is +free.