Re: default display of reals & last command behavior in terminal
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- Subject: [mg77679] Re: default display of reals & last command behavior in terminal
- From: Szabolcs <szhorvat at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:21:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Bergen
- References: <f4r541$bck$1@smc.vnet.net>
Juneappal wrote: > 2 Questions: > > 1. > I know I can use > $Post = (# /. x_ /; x =E2=89=A4 0.01 \[Or] x > 1000 :> EngineeringForm[x,5]) > &; > To make Mathematica display Reals in Engineer's notation. Is there any > way to make this the default behavior so I don't have cut and paste > every time I start up a kernel? Put the command in init.m http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/file/init.m.html Do not use $Post, use $PrePrint instead. $Post affects the result of the calcuation (which is stored in Out[n]), while $PrePrint only affects the printed expression. > 2. > When I use Mathematica via the terminal in MacOSX, I find myself wanting > to be able to use the up arrow to get the last command back on the > screen (as in Bash and other programs). Instead I get nonsense control > characters. Is there a particular terminal emulation I need to FORCE? > > Thanks, > > Adam > >