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Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu

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  • Subject: [mg118212] Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu
  • From: ChrisL <chris.ladroue at gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:36:51 -0400 (EDT)
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Thank you for the reply. I'll upgrade to 8.0.1 and keep my fingers
crossed!

Cheers,
Chris

On Apr 14, 12:07 pm, David Bailey <d... at removedbailey.co.uk> wrote:
> On 13/04/2011 10:53, ChrisL wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
>
> > Ever since I've upgraded to Mathematica 8, the interface presents a
> > very strange behaviour; it becomes either unresponsive or
> > misinterprets the keyboard, and is generally a bit sluggish.
> > A typical example is that if I start typing a bit fast, the cursor
> > jumps to a new line (*). Another example is I press the down key but
> > the cursor goes up, repeatedly.
>
> > I don't have these issues with the workbench, so it's restricted to
> > the interface.
>
> > Is there any I can do? Would upgrading to 8.0.1 fix things?
> > This is becoming really impossible to work from the interface.
>
> > Thank you in advance,
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
>
> > * not an issue with the laptop's trackpad, I'm fairly sure. I haven't
> > started to type differently since Mathematica 8.0.0. And clicking from
> > the trackpad is disabled anyway.
>
> I also noticed that 8.0.0 would become very sluggish at random times -
> so sluggish that the keys backed up, and I could stop and watch them
> appearing! I found it so bad that I dropped back to version 7.
>
> Fortunately, the problem has gone with 8.0.1.
>
> David Baileyhttp://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk



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