Re: Version 6.0.2
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- Subject: [mg85948] Re: [mg85900] Version 6.0.2
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:54:45 -0500 (EST)
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On the PLUS side, 6.0.2 gives me a 64-bit install on my Intel Mac, where 6 and 6.01 did not. Bobby On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:25:41 -0600, David Park <djmpark at comcast.net> wrote: > My initial impression of Mathematica Version 6.0.2 is a disappointment. > > 1) There is still no easy access to the list of 'standard packages' that > come with Mathematica. It quite difficult to find them. The 'Virtual > Book' > that was posted on this group did have a list of these packages but the > WRI > Virtual Book does not have them. (An indirect way to get links to > standard > packages is to search *Package in the Documentation Center. But this > gives a > lot of other stuff also.) > > 2) The worse new feature is that the palettes that come with Mathematica > will no longer remember their position and condition. If they are not > where > you like them then each time you start up Mathematica you will either > have > to live with it or adjust them anew. With 6.0 and 6.0.1 I was able to > change > the preferences for the ColorScheme palette so it would remember its > condition. I can no longer do this and none of the other palettes > remember > thier state either. (One improved feature is that the SpecialCharacters > palette will now directly paste instead of select and then paste.) If you > like to control where the palettes are stay with 6.0.1, > > 3) I was hoping that the Format/StyleSheet menu would put a check by the > current style sheet in use for a notebook but this still has not been > fixed. > > And aside from this we still don't have the ability to write Version 6 > style > documentation. > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com