Re: How create new style sheet- Mathematica 8
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- Subject: [mg121450] Re: How create new style sheet- Mathematica 8
- From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:41:43 -0400 (EDT)
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On Sep 14, 7:23 pm, David Bailey <d... at removedbailey.co.uk> wrote: > On 13/09/2011 12:28, John Fultz wrote: > > > I don't understand your first point. What do you mean by "Browse" option? I > > can't possibly think you mean that the file browsing dialog only shows 2 of n > > notebooks in some given directory. > > > Yes, it is the case that notebooks with Saveable->False should be able to save, > > and don't in 8.0.1. But that won't affect stylesheets created using the method > > I outlined. And that bug will be fixed in a Mathematica incremental update > > which will hopefully be available soon. > > I have never found creating style sheets easy - and I generally avoid > them, despite their obvious value. > > It would be great if the process could be made more transparent. For > example: > > 1) It would be nice to press a button and see the hierarchy of style > sheets leading to the notebook style sheet - preferably with their full > pathnames. > > 2) What happens when a style sheet is installed - is it just placed > somewhere in the filestore? > > 3) Editing a style sheet seems too much like editing a notebook - > which leads to confusion as to what can and cannot be done. > > 4) If you end up with an edited style sheet when you close the > associated file (or Mathematica), I think it should tell you and ask you > what you want to do - just like you do not lose an edited notebook > without pressing "Don't Save". > > This is one area where I sense WRI developers have put enormous effort, > but it never seems easy to use. Maybe a general, open discussion at the > conference would help. > > David Baileyhttp://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk It would be nice if some sort of wysiwyg stylesheet creator accompanied Mathematica that allowed easy stylesheet creation analogous to many of web stylesheet creators. Mike
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