Re: Re: v6: cursor behaviour with arrow keys
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- Subject: [mg77001] Re: [mg76893] Re: v6: cursor behaviour with arrow keys
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 03:32:20 -0400 (EDT)
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I'm seeing no such behavior here, on another Windows XP-SP2 with V6. Bobby On Tue, 29 May 2007 04:05:40 -0500, Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com> wrote: > Will Robertson wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I seem to be having troubles with the Google Groups interface to this >> newsgroup. Third time's the charm. >> >> I'm running Mathematica v6 on Windows XP sp2, and I get very weird >> behaviour when using the up/down arrow keys that is quite >> inconsistent. For example, at the moment, I can open a new document, >> paste in the following text to create a cell: >> >> a := 1 >> b := 1 >> c := 1 >> d := 1 >> e := 1 >> f := 1 >> g := 1 >> >> evaluate it by hitting enter, then click at the end of line "a", hit >> the down arrow twice -- and the cursor will jump to the end of line >> "g". Hitting up twice brings the cursor to the beginning of line "f", >> and then up again takes the cursor back *down* to the end of line "g" . >> This cycle will then repeat with further up arrow presses. >> >> Then pressing down to exit the cell, then left to get the cursor back >> to the end of line "g" resets the cursor behaviour, and I can use any >> combination of up and down arrow presses to move one line up and down >> as I would expect. But then clicking the mouse to move the cursor to >> the end of any of the lines makes a double tap of either the up and >> down arrow keys take the cursor to the end of the cell, rather than >> just up or down a single line. >> >> I know it's hard to describe here, but I don't have the facilities >> here to make a video screen grab. >> >> It's all very strange. Can anyone else confirm this behaviour, or is >> it somehow specific to my machine? >> >> Many thanks, >> Will Robertson >> University of Adelaide > > Will, > > I have just reproduced on my system (V6.0 and Windows XP SP2) the > behavior you described. > > Regards, > Jean-Marc > > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com