Re: Appearance in MacOS 8.5
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg16174] Re: Appearance in MacOS 8.5
- From: "Joshua A. Solomon" <j.solomon at ucl.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 01:13:17 -0500
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
>From: Selwyn Hollis <shollis at peachnet.campuscwix.net> >To: "Joshua A. Solomon" <j.solomon at ucl.ac.uk> >Cc: comp-soft-sys-math-mathematica at moderators.uu.net, >Date: Sat, Feb 27, 1999, 7:01 pm > >> > "Joshua A. Solomon" wrote: >> > >> >> The webpage >> >> http://www.wolfram.com/support/Systems/Macintosh/FE/AppearancePatch.html >> >> describes a bug in MacOS that affects Mathematica. >> >> I first encountered this bug when I upgraded to MacOS 8.0. >> >> The aforementioned webpage also describes a remedy for this bug: >> >> a patch for the Appearance Extension. >> >> When I upgraded to MacOS 8.5, the Appearance Extension >> >> disappeared from my Extensions folder and the bug returned. >> >> I downloaded the patch again from Wolfram's website, along >> >> with the extension. I placed the extension in the Extensions >> >> folder, applied the patch and restarted my Mac. The bug is still there. >> > > OK, I've done a little research, and the deal is that no OS 8.5 Appearance > Extension exists, since the code is incorporated into the system. Apparently > certain rogue application installers put an Appearance Extension into the > Extensions folder, which is why there was one in mine. Somehow I doubt that > having the Appearance Extension in there causes any problems, but you never > know... The bottom line is that if there is still a problem, it's with the > system itself, and the statement on Wolfram's web site is misleading at best. > I have had problems with out-of-whack type spacing on screen, similar to but not > as severe as with OS 8.1. Resizing the window or otherwise causing the text to > be re-rendered always corrects it, temporarily. With the unpatched Appearance > Extension in OS 8.1, often it was necessary to restart. Thank you for your quick reply. FWIW, resizing the window does not correct the problem on my machine. I need to quit and re-launch Mathematica. js -- Joshua A. Solomon Institute of Ophthalmology Bath Street London EC1V 9EL Voice: (44) 171 608 6924 Fax: (44) 171 608 6846 j.solomon at ucl.ac.uk http://vision.arc.nasa.gov/personnel/jsolomon