Re: Re: Re: Re: ! operator
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- Subject: [mg56006] Re: [mg55972] Re: [mg55943] Re: [mg55933] Re: [mg55927] ! operator
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:10:45 -0400 (EDT)
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OK, but ! starts escape sequences in the notebook interface, so Help isn't helping when it says this happens in text-based front ends. And it's not helping when it says "escape sequence" with no explanation.
Bobby
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 05:26:35 -0400 (EDT), David Annetts <davidannetts at aapt.net.au> wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
>> Hmm... what does "text-based front end" mean, and is there
>> another kind? Is the standard notebook interface a text-based
>> front end? What's an example of a non-text-based front end
>> for Mathematica?
>
> It means exactly that, text based rather than the 2D input you have in the
> front end. Eg. with the FrontEnd, you can pick off the integral operator
> from a palette and enter limits as you would on paper (GUI right?). With
> the text-based interface, you have to type Integrate[kernel, {int_var,
> lower_limit, upper_limit}];
>
> There are two(!) text-based interfaces supplied with Win32. They are
> $TopDirectory\\MathKernel.exe &
> %TopDirecory\\math.exe
>
> The first of these opens a notepad-like window while the second is used in a
> console. Try plotting in both.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave.
>
>
>
>
--
DrBob at bigfoot.com
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- From: "David Annetts" <davidannetts@aapt.net.au>
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