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Re: Entering full names (without replacement) in the front end

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  • Subject: [mg114834] Re: Entering full names (without replacement) in the front end
  • From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
  • Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:10:06 -0500 (EST)
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Am Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:22:13 +0000 (UTC)
schrieb Jason Alexander <jalex at lse.ac.uk>:

> Hello,
> 
> On occasion, I find myself wanting to enter the full name of a
> symbol, like "\[Function]" in a notebook without having the full name
> automatically replaced by the character it stands for. I've yet to
> find a way of doing this! The front end is so determined to be
> helpful, which is no doubt the correct default in the vast majority
> of cases. that it insists upon replacing it. I'm sure it must be
> possible, though, because the Mathematica documentation is full of
> instances of it.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jason
> 
> --
> Dr. J. McKenzie Alexander
> Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
> London School of Economics
> Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE
> 

Maybe  <esc>\<esc>[Function] is sufficient? Doesn't look really good
but works :-\

Peter




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