Store temporary files in ~/.maxima/ and not in ~/.
--- /dev/null
+/maxima/maxout.gnuplot_pipes
--- /dev/null
+; Maxima (computer algebra system) configuration file, lisp part.
+
+
+; Set directory for temporary files to ~/.maxima (used for plotting for
+; example). Thanks to rootzlevel in #faui2k9 on IRCnet (2011-05-28 21:52).
+(setf *maxima-tempdir*
+ (namestring (merge-pathnames ".maxima/" (user-homedir-pathname))))
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Setup script for miscellaneous configuration files.
+
+
+. ../lib.sh
+
+# Maxima, a symbolic algebra program.
+rink maxima ~/.maxima