--- loncom/lonmaxima	2008/08/19 09:46:36	1.38
+++ loncom/lonmaxima	2012/02/16 19:54:06	1.41
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Connect to MAXIMA CAS
 #
-# $Id: lonmaxima,v 1.38 2008/08/19 09:46:36 riegler Exp $
+# $Id: lonmaxima,v 1.41 2012/02/16 19:54:06 droeschl Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ sub make_new_child {
             &status('Accepting connections');
             my $client = $server->accept()     or last;
             &sync($command);
-            print $command ("display2d:false;kill(all);reset();\n");
+            print $command ("display2d:false;simp:true;kill(all);\n");
 	    &getmaximaoutput($command,2);
             &sync($command);
             my $syntaxerr = 0;
@@ -335,17 +335,17 @@ sub getmaximaoutput {
        	if ($numcheck eq 2) {
 	    # command was the killall so should get a full reset on
 	    # command numbers
-	    $regexp = '(\(\%i(1)\)|Incorrect syntax\:)';
+	    $regexp = '(\(\%i(1)\)|[Ii]ncorrect syntax\:)';
 	} elsif ($command->match() =~ /\(\%i(\d+)\)/) {
             my $nextmatch = $1+1;
-            $regexp = '(\(\%i'.$nextmatch.'\)|Incorrect syntax\:)';
+            $regexp = '(\(\%i'.$nextmatch.'\)|[Ii]ncorrect syntax\:)';
         }
     }
     my $timeout = 20;
     my (undef,$error,$matched,$output) =
 	$command->expect($timeout, -re => $regexp);
 
-    if ($numcheck && $matched eq 'Incorrect syntax:') {
+    if ($numcheck && lc($matched) eq 'incorrect syntax:') {
 	$syntaxerr = 1;
 	if (wantarray) {
 	    return ($matched,$syntaxerr);
@@ -356,14 +356,14 @@ sub getmaximaoutput {
     if ($error) {
 	return 'Error: '.$error;
     }
-    $output =~ s/\r+//g; # Remove Windows-style linebreaks
+    $output =~ s/\r+//gs; # Remove Windows-style linebreaks
     my $foundoutput=0;
     my $found_label=0;
     my $realoutput='';
     foreach my $line (split(/\n/,$output)) {
        if ($line=~/\;/) { $foundoutput=1; next; }
        if (!$foundoutput) { next; }
-       if ($line=~/^Incorrect syntax:/) { $syntaxerr = 1; next; }
+       if ($line=~/^[Ii]ncorrect syntax:/) { $syntaxerr = 1; next; }
        if ($line=~ /^(\(\%o\d+\))(.+)$/){
            my $label = $1;
            $line = $2;