Re: front end complaint (ui design flaw?)
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg55595] Re: front end complaint (ui design flaw?)
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:28:55 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hi Chris, Chris Chiasson wrote: > Example workflow: > Type an expression containing a comma into an input cell, say: > mydata[run1,paramB] > > Decide that the name of the expression should be different, perhaps to > differentiate it from some other data. Imagine that this same > expression occurs twenty times in the remainder of the notebook. > Decide that the find/replace command in the notebook should be useful > here. > > Highlight the text, hit ctrl+c. Use the keyboard to move the cursor to > a position above the cell. Hit ctrl+f. Erase whatever may be in the > find box. Hit shift+insert to paste the expression. Note that the > expression has a space after the comma (probably for readability when > pasting to another application). > > Guess what? The find command doesn't work because the pasted > expression does not match the copied expression. eg > mydata[run1,paramB] =!= mydata[run1, paramB] > I verified this with version 5.1. I think Wolfram owns us an explanation! Sincerely, Daniel