Re: Re: Version 6.0.2
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- Subject: [mg85969] Re: [mg85948] Re: [mg85900] Version 6.0.2
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:19:20 -0500 (EST)
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Good to know, but a LITTLE late. The installer should have taken care of this automatically. Bobby On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:37:15 -0600, peter lindsay <plindsay at mcs.st-and.ac.uk> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com
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