Re: Conclusion: Mathematica will output plain text
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- Subject: [mg39880] Re: [mg39853] Conclusion: Mathematica will output plain text
- From: Dr Bob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 05:30:43 -0500 (EST)
- References: <BA8FACD6.3155%carlos@titan.colorado.edu>
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It's dumb to have ANY undocumented functions in the default package load. Part of the problem is that the help browser is only a keyword index, not a search tool. Bobby On Sat, 08 Mar 2003 14:21:10 -0700, Carlos Felippa <carlos at titan.Colorado.EDU> wrote: > on 3/8/03 1:20 PM, Dr Bob at drbob at bigfoot.com wrote: > >> TextForm is undocumented, and that really seems dumb. >> > Yes, a pity because at least for me it seems useful. Sometimes > one wants to connect output of Mathematica with downstream codes, without > any superfluous formatting characters. That's the Unix approach. > >> Sometimes I get around the THOUSANDS of keywords missing from the >> installed >> help files by searching at the online Documentation Center --- but that >> doesn't help with TextForm. There are no articles about it. >> >> However, a search of the MathGroup archives yields 20 matches, some of >> which should be useful. >> >> You can't search for it unless you already know its name, of course. >> >> Bobby >> >> >> On Sat, 8 Mar 2003 02:52:27 -0500 (EST), Carlos Felippa > > -- majort at cox-internet.com Bobby R. Treat