Re: RE: Re: How should I start with
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- Subject: [mg85562] Re: [mg85498] RE: [mg85488] Re: How should I start with
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:45:11 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
Start the search with either of these forms of commands ?*String* Names["*String*"] Bob Hanlon ---- "`er=EF=BF=BDch Jakub" <Serych at panska.cz> wrote: > > > I completely agree - can you remember who it was who wrote a > > "Mathematica book generator" and posted it here - if you can, > > I will add a link to it on my site, because that is all that > > we seem to have for the foreseeable future! > > > > I think WRI's approach to documentation is a real mistake. > > Newbies must find it almost impossible to get into the > > software. Also, some of the new features of 6.0 - such as all > > the new capabilities of Import and Export are almost buried > > and unusable because of poor, vague, Microsoft-style documentation. > > > > David Bailey > > http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk > > > As a newbie I must say, that it is not so difficult to get into Mathemati= ca > 6. The free web seminars are great, I hope, that WRI is preparing the new > ones, as I have already attended most of the now offered. > > But what I'm missing for my work is some structured list of functions. Fo= r > example when I'm looking for let's say string manipulation functions, I s= tart > with writing word String and pressing F1 in notebook. Than I use "See als= o", > "More about" or "Tutorials" sections of the help and after while of click= ing > I usualy find what I need. > But if I had such structured list of functions (may be printed on some bi= gger > format poster), I think this searching could be much faster. > > Jakub > >