Re: Re: Re: Version 6.0.2
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg86007] Re: [mg85969] Re: [mg85948] Re: [mg85900] Version 6.0.2
- From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:45:30 -0500 (EST)
- References: <23511316.1204330164771.JavaMail.root@m08>
- Reply-to: drmajorbob at longhorns.com
> If you read the web page linked below That requires knowing about the page, does it not? Bobby On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:40:09 -0600, John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote: > If you read the web page linked below, you'll see that there was a very > serious > bug in MacOS X which had a significant impact on the Mathematica 64-bit > kernel. > > The decision not to use the 64-bit kernel by default was a deliberate > compromise > on our part to maintain the highest standards for our software expected > by our > users in an environment with a very serious problem we could not work > around. > We did ship the 64-bit kernel so that, once an update was released by > Apple, > users could restore the 64-bit functionality manually. > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:19:20 -0500 (EST), DrMajorBob wrote: >> 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