M2(1)

M21

Start macaulay2, a software system for algebraic geometry research.

Usage

M2 [option ...] [file ...]

Overview

The command M2 starts Macaulay2, which is a software system devoted to supporting research in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.

Options

--help

print this brief help message and exit

--no-backtrace

print no backtrace after error

--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

Releases

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13

--no-core since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

--no-setup until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -x until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

Author

Macaulay2 is written by Daniel R. Grayson and Michael E. Stillman with generous support of the National Science Foundation, for which we are grateful.

From macaulay2 1.24.11+ds-5+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.