Re: Finally, a simple example of a mystery
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- Subject: [mg54070] Re: [mg54040] Finally, a simple example of a mystery
- From: DrBob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 09:27:57 -0500 (EST)
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>> But I like to color the functions I define and their calls,
>> for clarity.
Fine, but glitches like this are MORE than enough to keep me from doing so.
Bobby
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 05:31:31 -0500 (EST), Steve Gray <stevebg at adelphia.net> wrote:
> I have this one-line function definition. It was working well until
> just now when I opened the file and did Kernel > EvaluateNotebook,
> which caused some complaints. I had the function name highlighted in
> yellow and for some reason when I inspected this line, there was a small
> "space" visible between the e and x in topvertex. (The font is my normal
> Courier New and the size is 12 points.) When I edited the space out,
> everything worked. These two lines are in a cell by themselves. Could
> the highlighting be the problem? Has anyone else seen something like
> this? I have had similar things many times before, but I don't recall
> whether I had highlighting there or not. I'm using 5.0.1.0.
>
> When I save the fixed file and reopen it, the same psuedo-space
> appears. By the way, the cursor skips over this space as if it were not
> there, but if I delete and retype the e or x, it's ok.
>
> topvertex[gon_] := Ordering[-Transpose[gon][[2]]] [[1]]; (* Returns #
> of highest vertex, e.g. 6 for ggon. *)
>
> This section of the plaintext file follows. Note that "topverte" and
> "x" are separated by a color callout. It looks like this gets in the
> way somehow. But I like to color the functions I define and their calls,
> for clarity.
>
> Cell[BoxData[
> RowBox[{
> RowBox[{
> RowBox[{
> StyleBox[
> RowBox[{
> StyleBox["topverte",
> Background->RGBColor[1, 1, 0]],
> StyleBox["x",
> Background->RGBColor[1, 1, 0]]}]],
> StyleBox["[",
> Background->RGBColor[1, 1, 0]],
> StyleBox["gon_",
> Background->RGBColor[1, 1, 0]],
> StyleBox["]",
> Background->RGBColor[1, 1, 0]]}],
> ":=", \(\(Ordering[\(-\(Transpose[gon]\)[\([2]\)]\)]\)\ [\([1]\)]\)}],
> ";", " ",
> StyleBox[\( (*\ Returns\ #\ of\ highest\ vertex, \
> e . g . \ 6\ for\ \(\(ggon\)\(.\)\)\ *) \),
> FontColor->RGBColor[0, 0, 1]]}]], "Input",
> Background->RGBColor[1, 1, 0.756863]],
>
>
> Steve Gray
>
>
>
>
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- References:
- Finally, a simple example of a mystery
- From: Steve Gray <stevebg@adelphia.net>
- Finally, a simple example of a mystery