Re: Re: Re: v.7.0 issues
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- Subject: [mg94050] Re: [mg93855] Re: [mg93827] Re: v.7.0 issues
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 05:43:45 -0500 (EST)
- References: <20081128124424.912745@jfultz2winlap>
- Reply-to: drmajorbob at longhorns.com
John, First of all... thanks. On issue (1), when you say > For example, if you have a multiple cell selection, you need to > right-click on one of the selected cells you mean to say, "you need to right-click on THE BRACKET OF one of the selected cells". (I was already right-clicking on a selected cell, of course.) And it's easier said than done, by the way. On issue (2), I would like to see a BRIEF walk-through of restoring the old behavior, if that's possible. Bobby On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:44:24 -0600, John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote: > No comment on the third issue, which I haven't tried. As for the first > two > issues... > > 1) Mathematica now has real contextual menus (it has for many years had a > right-click menu, but the menu was fixed, never changing based upon > context). > This means that it now matters *where* you click. If you have something > selected and you click on that selection, you'll get options which > pertain to > the selection. For example, if you have a multiple cell selection, you > need to > right-click on one of the selected cells. If you click someplace else, > you'll > get a menu which allows you to paste where you clicked (or do other > kinds of > transformations on whatever it was you clicked), which requires changing > the > selection in most cases. > > 2) This isn't a situation I was very happy with. Safari binds back and > forward > navigation to Command+[ and Command+]. One of the things we've tried to > do in > the help viewer is to support web browser memes, and so in version 7 we > support > the Safari method. But doing so didn't leave any good openings for > shortcuts > for inserting matching brackets/braces. In the end, we elected to use > Command+Option+] and Command+Option+Shift+] for these cases. If you'd > much > rather have the old keyboard shortcuts back, let me know and I can walk > you > through reverting them. > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > > On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:30:29 -0500 (EST), DrMajorBob wrote: >> I have three issues. >> >> $Version >> >> "7.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (November 11, 2008)" >> >> Problem 1: I'm used to highlighting several cells, right-clicking, and >> selecting copy or paste. This no longer works, as right-clicking causes >> NOTHING to be selected, before I can copy or paste. >> >> Problem 2: I'm used to hitting Command+[ to get [] or Command+Shift+[ to >> get {}. Neither of these do anything, now. >> >> Problem 3: loading David Parks' Presentations package in Init.m, with >> these statements (in two cells): >> >> Needs["Presentations`Master`"]; >> >> help := PresentationsHelp >> >> yields the error: >> >> SetDelayed::write: >> Tag comment in comment[x_, action_:FrontEnd`NotebookWrite] is Protected. >> >> Bobby > > > -- DrMajorBob at longhorns.com