Re: Mandrake 8.0 and Mathematica 4.01
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- Subject: [mg28817] Re: Mandrake 8.0 and Mathematica 4.01
- From: carlos at no_spam.no_spam.no_spam (Carlos)
- Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 01:33:08 -0400 (EDT)
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In article <9codn6$g3f at smc.vnet.net>, Ronald Bruck <bruck at math.usc.edu> wrote: >In article <9cldf8$18a at smc.vnet.net>, > Jean Sebastien Theriault?= <jst at airinc.com> wrote: > >:Ronald Bruck wrote: >: >:> I just installed the new version of Mandrake, 8.0, and Mathematica >:> 4.01's GUI has quit working. >:> >:> More precisely, the key bindings are screwed up. When I hit the >:> "Delete" key there's a forward space! As well, you can't drag over text. >:> >:> This makes the user interface almost unusable. Does anybody have any >:> idea why the program would suddenly quit working? Other programs >:> continue to work. Could this be the Motif interface? >: >:Try hitting your NumLock key. When NumLock is on, I have the same GUI >:behaviour as you describe. I'm running Mandrake 7.1. I wonder if there might be a nicer way of doing this... After all, NumLock ON is a very useful state for a modern keyboard! Carlos