Mathematica/Mac OS 8 bugs
- To: mathgroup@smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg10856] Mathematica/Mac OS 8 bugs
- From: Selwyn Hollis <shollis@peachnet.campus.mci.net>
- Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 18:32:27 -0500
- Organization: CampusMCI
Wolfram have (finally) posted a patch to fix a bug in the Mac OS 8 Appearance Extension. The bug causes the ``misplaced cursor" and ``missing spaces" problems with Mathematica 3.0, which basically amout to text not being place correctly on the screen. (It's very odd that Mathematica 3.0 is the only application that is affected by this bug.) The problem persists in Mac OS 8.1. Here's a link: http://www.wolfram.com/support/Systems/Macintosh/Compatibility/80.html Wolfram have also confirmed a bug in Mathematica 3.0's Mac front end that causes onscreen line breaks to occur about 1/4 inch before the right margin (however it's not consistent). The problem does not appear when printing; thus onscreen page break indicators are useless, and page breaks must be tweaked by trial and error. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Selwyn Hollis Associate Professor of Mathematics Armstrong Atlantic State University Savannah, GA 31419 USA <http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~