# Displaying unsimplified expressions browsing

• The following works in Maple proper, but not in Mobius.  Why is that?

use InertForm:-NoSimpl in a:=2*(3*x) end use;
InertForm:-Display(a);

My goal is to display 2(3x) or even 2*(3*x). But definitely not 6x. Works in Maple, but Mobius gives Typesetting errors when I try to use Display.

I'm trying to avoid solutions that involve strings since that introduces a whole other can of worms regarding whether or not the signs are positive/negative, and whether or not 1's should be displayed ...

Sarah Chan.

• The Display command uses the Typesetting package native to Maple Document mode. However since Möbius is a web app, everything needs to be converted into MathML (or LaTeX or similar) to be supported by the browsers.

The closest I can think of (with this method) is the following: \$a=maple("use InertForm:-NoSimpl in a:=2(3*x) end use; printf(InertForm:-ToMathML(a));");

But I don't know if that will generalize well to the rest of your problem.