CLIM-based client for Maxima

This is a work in progress, and building this application is currently a bit harder than it should be.

Precompiled binaries

Currently there are two ways to run a precompiled binary:

There is a Flatpak distribuion available on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.dhsdevelopments.Climaxima

There is also an Appimage available. However, it's outdated: https://github.com/lokedhs/docker-maxima-client/

Building

To build the application manually, the following dependencies must be satisfied:

• libfreetype development headers
• libfontconfig development headers
• libharfbuzz development headers
• mupdf. Specifically, mutool. (there is code to perform image conversion using ghostscript instead, but it's not used by default)
• Maxima built from source
• Freetype renderer enabled for McCLIM

To install the required packages on Ubuntu or Debian, install the following packages:

libfreetype6-dev libfontconfig1-dev libharfbuzz-dev

To enable the Freetype renderer, add the following line to $HOME/.sbclrc:

(pushnew :mcclim-ffi-freetype *features*)

Build and install Maxima from source

$ git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/maxima/code maxima-code
$ cd maxima-code
$ ./bootstrap
$ ./configure --enable-sbcl
$ make
$ sudo make install

Build the documentation

Build helper binary:

$ cd infoparser
$ ./build-binary.sh

Parse the Maxima texinfo documentation files by loading the infoparser ASDF system and call (infoparser:generate-doc-directory).

Build and run the application

Load the system maxima-client and run (maxima-client:maxima-client).