[Maxima] error on first line sent to maxima

[Jay Belanger]

Seb <spluque at gmail.com> writes:
...
>> Basically, _any_ expression I type in at the
>> first maxima prompt (or send to the process from a script file) causes
>> the problem.
>
> I should have mentioned that this occurs only with the first input in a
> maxima session; further input is processed without problem.

I tried evaluating
  (require 'ansi-color)
  (setq ansi-color-for-comint-mode t)
and then starting a Maxima process in Emacs, but still I had no
problems.  Are there any other ansi-color customizations that you have
in your .emacs file?  Do you get the same problem if you start emacs
with
  emacs -Q
loading the ansi-color stuff, loading the maxima stuff, and starting a
Maxima process?
  
Jay