Online Help
The Maple command for accessing information in the online help database is help keyword , or the
abbreviated form ?keyword. The help information appears in a separate browser window within
Maple. To return to an active worksheet, either close the help window or click on the worksheet.
help fsolve
?plot, color
The Help menu can also be used to access the online resources available to help a new, or veteran,
Maple user. This is particularly useful when a particular command name is not known.
Packages
In addition to the standard Maple functions available at the beginning of every Maple session, there
are an ever-growing number of additional functions and commands contained in packages that must
be loaded into the Maple session prior to their use. The with package_name command is used to
load a package. Libraries include the plots library, the DEtools library, the LinearAlgebra library, to
name a few. Here is the plots package.
with plots
animate, animate3d, animatecurve, arrow, changecoords, complexplot, complexplot3d,
conformal, conformal3d, contourplot, contourplot3d, coordplot, coordplot3d,
densityplot, display, dualaxisplot, fieldplot, fieldplot3d, gradplot, gradplot3d,
implicitplot, implicitplot3d, inequal, interactive, interactiveparams, intersectplot,
listcontplot, listcontplot3d, listdensityplot, listplot, listplot3d, loglogplot, logplot,
matrixplot, multiple, odeplot, pareto, plotcompare, pointplot, pointplot3d, polarplot,
polygonplot, polygonplot3d, polyhedra_supported, polyhedraplot, rootlocus,
semilogplot, setcolors, setoptions, setoptions3d, spacecurve, sparsematrixplot,
surfdata, textplot, textplot3d, tubeplot
The output of a successful with command is the list of commands that have been added to Maple's
memory. If this list is unwanted, use a colon to terminate the command.
One of the commands that is now defined is named implicitplot.