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Two problems with Mathematica 4 on G4

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  • Subject: [mg25957] Two problems with Mathematica 4 on G4
  • From: Erkki Kurenniemi <kurtsi at kurtsi.pp.fi>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 03:46:51 -0500 (EST)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Hi,

I have two disturbing problems with Mathematica 4.0 under Mac OS 9.0.4

1. The background to Text primitives in 2D graphics is always white, extending to the right edge of the whole picture. Especially, the help browser
example (S.2.9.16)

Show[Graphics[{{GrayLevel[0.5], Rectangle[{0, 0}, {1, 1}]}, 
      Text["Some text", {0.5, 0.5}]}]]

does not work as advertised when I evaluate it. A problem with Mac Postscript interpreter or what? If so, is there any way around? I need text fields
with transparent backgrounds. (S.2.9.16 says: "By default the text is just put straight on top of whatever graphics have already been drawn." )

2. Images pasted to notebooks from the clipboard disappear when the notebook is transferred to Windows. Typically, I copy from Photoshop. What cause,
any workaround?

Thanks in advance,

Erkki Kurenniemi


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