Re: Problems with Mathematica text in email
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- Subject: [mg83581] Re: Problems with Mathematica text in email
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:37:37 -0500 (EST)
- References: <fi3kuv$c7h$1@smc.vnet.net> <474565D2.9000509@gmail.com>
Szabolcs, Jean-Marc, Thank you both. I made the change, and voila it works!! Kevin Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote: > Kevin J. McCann wrote: > >> I have noticed recently that a number of posts show text with powers >> and other symbols. For example, x^2+y^2==z^3 shows up with the nice >> exponentials in the text rather than what I just showed. I am not >> sure how this was copied, but I can't get it. Anyway, when I copy >> such things into a notebook it comes out as x2+y2==z3, which makes it >> difficult to use. >> >> Is there a way to copy this stuff into a notebook so it does it >> correctly? If not, then it would be nice if posters would Copy As >> Plain Text. Does anyone else have this problem? I am using >> Thunderbird under WXP. > > The issue is related to how Thunderbird handles emoticons (or smilies). > > To fix it, in Thunderbird 2.0, go to menu Tools -> Options -> Display > -> Formatting -> Plain Test Messages -> uncheck the box "Display > emoticons as graphics". > > Regards,