[Maxima] expression too large to display

[Robert Dodier]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:40 AM, rp <rp at theworld.com> wrote:

> "expression too large to display"
>
> when I input an expression with several hundred terms. Is there a fix?

This is a  bug in the display code. I looked at it a while ago and
I couldn't figure it out. Some work-arounds:
(1) change the global variable linel (line width); the bug seems to
be sensitive to the line width.
(2) display2d : false;
(3) suppress display by terminating expressions with $
and use grind(foo) to display foo where foo is the expression in question.

HTH

Robert Dodier