Maple V Release 4: Version 4.00b

Welcome to Maple V Release 4---The Power Edition!

This patch modifies your original installation of Maple V Release 4. It makes the improvements listedbelow.

If you purchased Maple V recently, you may already have version 4.00b. Check the Help/About Maple V... box on your copy to see which version you have.

Installation under OS/2

Download the archive patch4b.zip to a temporary directory on your computer using binary transfer mode. Also download pkunzip, if you do not already have a copy.

1. Open an OS/2 window and locate the file patch4b.zip. Use the command

   pkunzip patch4b.zip

   to uncompress the files.
   
   
2. Start Maple V. Choose About Maple V... from the Help menu. The About box will indicate which version of Maple you have installed. Close Maple V.
   
   
3. Change to your Maple directory. Issue one of the following commands, depending upon your version of Maple V. The commands below assume that the patch is located in c:\temp\patch4b. If you placed it somewhere else, modify the commands below as appropriate.
   
   c:\temp\patch4b\patch M40b_os2.rtp---if no version letter is shown
   c:\temp\patch4b\patch M4ab_os2.rtp---if you have version 4.00a
   
   If you already have version 4.00b, do not apply either patch.
   
   Ignore any messages concerning missing files.
   

• Improved Print Preview
• Real-math output may now be copied as a metafile and pasted into other applications, such as word processors.
• makehelp can now make a help page from either a text file or a worksheet.
• File History provides quick access to recently used worksheets.
• Pop-up menus for window plots.
• Context help now works on Maple output.

• Menu items are now grayed out when they can't be used.
• Improved screen refresh.
• Incorrect selection of some parts of worksheets.
• "Show Invisibles" now shows non-printing characters properly.
• When exporting to LaTeX, the \times symbol is now used for multiplications within procedures.
• Improved line-breaking of math.
• Improved display of brackets and conjugate operators.
• Spaces are now handled properly in host names and file names.
• Efficiency improvements in plot and linalg[multiply].
• Improvements to piecewise, simplify[Heaviside], simplify[unitsetp], convert[piecewise], and dsolve.
• Improved robustness.

• You can now change the font, size, and style of Maple input or output.
• Triple-clicking on an inline plot selects the entire paragraph.
• Plots may now be right, left, or center-aligned.
• Hyperlinks may now be created to bookmarks within a collapsed section.