Re: Re: Re: Re: Version 6.0.2
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- Subject: [mg86122] Re: [mg86007] Re: [mg85969] Re: [mg85948] Re: [mg85900] Version 6.0.2
- From: "peter lindsay" <plindsay at mcs.st-and.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 13:57:42 -0500 (EST)
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Bobby you mean you didn't know ? I thought *everyone* knew. ;) Peter On 01/03/2008, DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > -- peter lindsay Computing Officer Mathematical Institute University of St Andrews KY16 9SS 01334463756