How to learn formatting options
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- Subject: [mg10337] How to learn formatting options
- From: mike johnson <mike_johnson@llnl.gov>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 23:40:58 -0500
- Organization: LLNL
I have invested enough time in learning and applying Mathematica programming (Dave Wagner's book "Power Programming with Mathematica: THE KERNEL" was the final AhhHah! for me) that I would now like to understand better the front end notebook interface (on a PowerMac) for Version 3. I have spent a long frustrating few weeks of spare time trying to adjust default options in a new default style sheet; some trivial things work as I expect (font color) and some things are still a complete mystery (see below). I have several questions for the group: 1) Is there anywhere (or will there ever be) a useful manual for the notebook front end? 2) By way of simple example, can someone tell me in glorious detail (meaning every mouse click and every key stroke) how to change the global default (in a default style sheet) of the amount of space on screen taken by a tab character? (Yes, I found the TabSpacings variable in Text Options in Formatting Options, but I cannot seem to change it.) 3) As a tougher example, can someone tell me how to control the way lines indent automatically when an expression wraps from the end of one line to the next? (There are a lot of choices here, including LinebreakAdjustments, LineIndent, AutoIndent, etc.) Thank you in advance for any suggestions. -- Michael A. Johnson, Mail Stop L-463 Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Lab 7000 East Ave., P. O. Box 808 Livermore, CA 94551 Fax: (510) 422-6007 mike-johnson@llnl.gov
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