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Re: General::obspkg and "Compatibility Guide"???

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg75678] Re: General::obspkg and "Compatibility Guide"???
• From: Igor Antonio <igorantonio at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 05:58:17 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <f1jrk7$42h$1@smc.vnet.net>

On May 6, 1:12 am, beckman <bc.beck... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello -- I'm trying to get my old notebooks to work in Mathematica 6. I use
> "TranslateShape," for instance, just about everywhere.
> "TranslateShape" used to be defined in Graphics`Shape`. But that's now
> obsolete, and I get the following error message
>
> <<Graphics`Shapes`
>
> General::obspkg: Graphics`Shapes` is now obsolete. The legacy version
> \
> being loaded may conflict with current Mathematica functionality. See
> \
> the Compatibility Guide for updating information.
>
> If I highlight "TranslateShape" and press F1, I get a search
> failure ... (Transforming XML (XML Package Tutorial)
>
> If I highlight General::obspkg and press F1, I get a search
> failure ... (did not match any documents)
>
> If I search for "Compatibility Guide" I get nothing
>
> I'm completely hosed. The old stuff I needed for everything is just
> *poof* gone without a trace.
>
> Clues, anyone?

There are two ">>" at the end of the General::obspkg warning message.
If you click on it, it will take it you the Compatibility Guide, which
mentions:

The functionality of RotateShape, TranslateShape, AffineShape is
provided by the newly added kernel functions Rotate, Translate, Scale
and GeometricTransformation.
Sphere and Cylinder are available as the new built-in kernel functions
Sphere and Cylinder.
Torus and MoebiusStrip are available in the kernel function
ExampleData.

Igor