Re: Re: Version 6.0.2
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- Subject: [mg85963] Re: [mg85948] Re: [mg85900] Version 6.0.2
- From: "peter lindsay" <plindsay at mcs.st-and.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:46:48 -0500 (EST)
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hi BobI thought http://support.wolfram.com/mathematica /systems/macintosh/osx/32bitratherthan64bit.html previously gave 64 bit on 6.01 on Mac ? Peter On 28/02/2008, DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com> wrote: > > 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 > > -- peter lindsay Computing Officer Mathematical Institute University of St Andrews KY16 9SS 01334463756