Re: mg11400 making MatrixForm the default
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg11574] Re: mg11400 making MatrixForm the default
- From: Allan Hayes <hay@haystack.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 10:42:56 -0500
- References: <6ec8rd$4p2@smc.vnet.net>
blimbaum_jerry@ccmail.ncsc.navy.mil wrote: > > As a newcomer to Mathematica and always irritated by difficult to > use > software , as I study some of the questions and answers thru > mathgroup > I saw one about having MatrixForm be the default. The answer > given > seems , to me anyway, to come right out of the clear blue sky, > something that would seem difficult to reason out and absurdly > complex. In my own attempt to always make things simpler to > understand, easier to use, etc. I wondered why couldnt there > simply > be a command in Mathematica that just says this: > > MatrixForm/Default > > Compare this to the answer given (basically abbreviated but just > intended to show all the statements involved ) > > MakeBoxes[Function[MatrixQ[Unevaluated[HoldAll[Form[GridBox...and > it > goes on and on ....] > > I cant help it but my blood simply boils at this kind of statement. > > With Time such an important quantity and math itself difficult > enough, why should Mathematica add more complexity to it? > > > thanks. Jerry Blimbaum US Navy Lab Panama City > Florida Jerry, This may have already been mentioned: In TraditionalForm matrices are shown in 2 dimensions and in brackets. You can: - convert a selcted cell to TraditionalForm with menu Cell>ConvertTo; - make TraditionalForm default for all output from now on by using menu Cell>DefaultOutputForm -- Allan Hayes Training and Consulting Leicester, UK hay@haystack.demon.co.uk http://www.haystack.demon.co.uk voice: +44 (0)116 271 4198 fax: +44 (0)116 271 8642