Re: [Mathematica 6] What happened to the 5.2 HELP interface? Can
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- Subject: [mg75543] Re: [Mathematica 6] What happened to the 5.2 HELP interface? Can
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 05:51:43 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi, I agree the the new help system is not as good as the old one, but you can search the help, when you enter the word/symbol into the only single line in the help-center and press enter. Regards Jens Nasser Abbasi wrote: > When I click on help in Mathematica 6, the familiar help interface is all > gone. > > Now one gets a new thing called Documentation center. > > I much prefer the old help interface. It was clear, and easy to use. The new > one is hard to use and now one does not know where everything else is. There > is no place to even enter something to search for. One must start by erasing > the string "grid/Mathematica" from the little window at the top to clear it > out. Very annoying. before things where laid out in tabs. Now everything is > a link and one must keep clicking on links all the time. > > Is there a way to tell Mathematica 6 to use the old help interface (same > help as in 5.2)? I looked as some options and such, but none there. I wish > they kept the old help system there for those who want to use it. > > Nasser > >