Re: Default format for new cells
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- Subject: [mg13232] Re: Default format for new cells
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 03:17:33 -0400
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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On 13 Jul 1998, Sean Ross wrote: > When I first installed mathematica, each cell by default would display > the new 2-D notation like subscripts or superscripts if I used the > basic input palette. This is no longer the case. I have to manually > convert each cell to StandardForm to get it to display the 2-D format. > I have searched through the option inspector to try and find the magic > command, but it uses different names than the drop down menu uses. > Could someone tell me how to put the default cell format back to its > original in which each cell was already in standardform? First thing I would check would be the setting on the front end menu item Cell -> Default Input Format Type Chances are, the behavior you describe would exist if this was set to "InputForm" rather than "StandardForm". The analog in the Option Inspector is: CommonDefaultFormatTypes -> {"Input" -> "StandardForm", ...} > I renew my plea for full and complete Front End documentation either by > Wolfram or a third party. I want a manual that will tell me what all > the options in the Options Inspector do and how to format headers with > every single possible option mentioned and non-trivial examples. I > want to know what all those Value Display Objects are. I also want all > commands documented, such as ValueBox and &MenuItem (which is found in > the .tr files in the System directory). If anyone has written such a > thing please tell me so I can buy it. No such documentation exists as of yet. Are there specfic settings that you've had trouble understanding or getting to work as you would expect? -- P.J. Hinton Mathematica Programming Group paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. http://www.wolfram.com/~paulh/ Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone.