Re: Formatting posts
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg10768] Re: Formatting posts
- From: NOHAMcrose@c2.telstra-mm.net.au (Colin Rose)
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 00:58:17 -0500
- Organization: Theoretical Research Institute
- References: <6b3q46$rte@smc.vnet.net>
Iseanross@worldnet.att.net wrote: > #1 -- Don't expect people to decipher the text version of 2-D code such > as: > > \!\(\[Integral]\(x\^\(2\ \)\) \[DifferentialD]x\) > > Instead, select your 2-D cell, change the format to InputForm, right > click on your selection and choose "copy as... text. Here here ... of course, the right click option only works with mutant mice. > #2 -- Do not paste the text of a notebook into an email message. Many > of us have been unable to ever get one of those actually recognized as > a notebook by following the directions. Instead, compress your > notebook into a pkzip compatible self-extracting executable and attach > it to your message. Please don't PKZIP your files. One of the key virtues of Mathematica is that it uses a cross platform ASCII format. PKZIP is not a cross-platform standard. Even though versions exist for non-PC platforms, many people do not have such utilities. > For short notebooks, append the file itself to the > email message as long as your email program knows how to keep it as a > separate file. Yup ! :) Cheerio Colin -- Colin Rose tr(I) - Theoretical Research Institute ______________________________________ http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/tri/