M2 - start
Macaulay2, a software system for algebraic geometry research.
M2 [
option ...] [
file ...]
The command
M2 starts
Macaulay2, which is a software system
devoted to supporting research in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
- --help
- print this brief help message and exit
- --no-backtrace
- print no backtrace after error
- --copyright
- display full copyright messasge
- --no-debug
- do not enter debugger upon error
- --debug n
- debug warning message n by signalling an error
- --int
- don't handle interrupts
- --notify
- notify when loading files during initialization and when
evaluating command line arguments
- --no-prompts
- print no input prompts
- --no-readline
- don't use readline
- --no-core
- don't load the Core
- --no-threads
- don't start any additional threads (or tasks)
- --prefix DIR
- set prefixDirectory
- --print-width n
- set printWidth=n (the default is the window width)
- --script
- as first argument, interpret second argument as name of a
script implies --stop, --no-debug, --silent and -q see
scriptCommandLine
- --silent
- no startup banner
- --stop
- exit on error
- --texmacs
- TeXmacs session mode
- --version
- print version number and exit
- -q
- don't load user's init.m2 file or use packages in home
directory
- -E '...'
- evaluate expression '...' before initialization
- -e '...'
- evaluate expression '...' after initialization
The documentation for
Macaulay2 is available locally starting in
${prefix}/share/doc/Macaulay2/Macaulay2Doc/html/index.html, where ${prefix} is
replaced by the directory prefix used when the package was installed. The
directory is available as the value of the
Macaulay2 variable
prefixDirectory, but the best way to get to the documentation is to run the
command
viewHelp in
Macaulay2.
The home page for
Macaulay2 is
http://www.math.uiuc.edu/Macaulay2/.
Macaulay2 is written by Daniel R. Grayson and Michael E. Stillman with
generous support of the National Science Foundation, for which we are
grateful.
Macaulay2 is copyright 2019 by Daniel R. Grayson and Michael E. Stillman.
We permit you to use it under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
version 2 or version 3, as published by the Free Software Foundation. This is
free software. There is no warranty; not even for merchantability or fitness
for a particular purpose.