RE: Tricky Symbolizations with the Notation Package
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- Subject: [mg19340] RE: [mg19308] Tricky Symbolizations with the Notation Package
- From: "Ersek, Ted R" <ErsekTR at navair.navy.mil>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 23:09:27 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Jason Harris explained why the Notation palette doesn't provide a simple way to do things like: Symbolize[Subscript[x,_Integer]] or Symbolize[Subscript[_Symbol,_Integer]] As part of that message Jason said: ----------------------------------- I could as the designer try and second guess what particular trickiness is required by the user. However, it is better to set up a fairly general and robust set of primitives whereby the user can create with (not too much trouble) what he /she desires. As we see from the forgoing it was fairly easy to set up the symbolizations required. ---------------------------------- The designers of MS-Office and turn key systems often try to make things easy on users by providing a simple way to choose from several formats or modes. When they take this approach they seldom provide the choice that I really want. On the other hand Wolfram Research normally use the approach Jason described. That is why you can program Mathematica to do almost anything you can imagine, and it's one of the reasons why I think Mathematica is fantastic. Regards, Ted Ersek For Mathematica tips, tricks see http://www.dot.net.au/~elisha/ersek/Tricks.html