Re: Re: Help Browser issue in 5.0.1 on Mac OS X
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- Subject: [mg46528] Re: [mg46511] Re: Help Browser issue in 5.0.1 on Mac OS X
- From: Dr Bob <drbob at bigfoot.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:27:26 -0500 (EST)
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Gary (or Mike?): I hadn't noticed the problem on my Mac/Panther machine (I don't use it a lot), but now I see that vertical scroll bars don't appear until I arrow down below the visible items. There's no need to search for anything to make it happen; just a click at the bottom and one arrow-down does it. (But that IS annoying. I like using the wheel-mouse, and it doesn't work until I make the scroll-bar appear.) Selwyn: On the WinXP machine, there are buttons above, and four columns. On the Mac, the buttons occupy the first of FIVE columns (not four). On either machine, maving Addons&Links to the second column would push low-level NeuralNetworks topics off the screen. Bobby On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:20:54 -0500, Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183 at misspelled.erthlink.net> wrote: > Bobby, > > The OS X Help Browser does not have the buttons that the Windows version > has; those topics occupy the first of four columns. > > --Selwyn > > > > On Feb 20, 2004, at 10:58 PM, Bobby R. Treat wrote: > >> Some applications (e.g. NeuralNetworks) use all three levels or >> columns of help. Moving them to the right one column would lose the >> detail. Or am I missing something? >> >> Bobby >> >> Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183 at misspelled.erthlink.net> wrote in message >> news:<c14790$4d3$1 at smc.vnet.net>... >>> Gary and Mike, >>> >>> I'm not sure whether the difference is between Mathematica 5.0 and >>> 5.0.1 or between Jaguar and Panther. Previously, there was a problem >>> with the horizontal scroll bar, and now there is a problem with >>> vertical scroll bars. >>> >>> However, one thing you can do to improve the Help Browser is to >>> edit/rearrange the BrowserCategories.m file that lives inside >>> Mathematica 5.0/Documentation/English/AddOns. In particular, you can >>> arrange for Standard Packages and Applications to appear at the top of >>> the second column. >>> >>> Here's what mine looks like: >>> >>> BrowserCategory["Add-ons", None, >>> { >>> HelpDirectoryListing[{FrontEnd`FileName[{"AddOns", >>> "StandardPackages"}]}, False], >>> >>> BrowserCategory["Applications",{ >>> HelpDirectoryListing[AddOnHelpPath, >>> {FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", "Applications", >>> "AuthorTools"}], >>> FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", "Applications", >>> "XMLCapabilities"}]}] >>> }], >>> >>> Item[Delimiter], >>> >>> HelpDirectoryListing[{FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", >>> "Applications", "AuthorTools"}]}, False, True], >>> HelpDirectoryListing[{FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", >>> "Applications", "XMLCapabilities"}]}, False, True], >>> HelpDirectoryListing[{FrontEnd`FileName[{"AddOns", "MathLink"}]}, >>> False], >>> HelpDirectoryListing[{FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", >>> "JLink"}]}, False, True], >>> HelpDirectoryListing[{FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", >>> "NETLink"}]}, False, True], >>> HelpDirectoryListing[{FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, >>> "AddOns"}]}, {FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", "JLink"}], >>> FrontEnd`FileName[{$TopDirectory, "AddOns", "NETLink"}]}], >>> >>> Item[Delimiter], >>> >>> BrowserCategory["Working with Add-ons", None, >>> { >>> Item["Introduction", "InstallingPackages.nb", >>> CopyTag->"AddOnsIntro", IndexTag->"Introduction"], >>> Item["Using Add-ons", "InstallingPackages.nb", >>> CopyTag->"UsingAddOns", IndexTag->"Using Add-ons"], >>> Item["Installing New Add-ons", "InstallingPackages.nb", >>> CopyTag->"AddOnInstall", IndexTag->"Installing New Add-ons" ] >>> }] >>> }] >>> >>> ----- >>> Selwyn Hollis >>> http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis >>> (edit reply-to to reply) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 19, 2004, at 3:02 AM, Gary L. Gray wrote: >>> >>>> On 2004-02-16 09:18:05 -0500, Mike <m.HoneychurcNOSPAMh at uq.edu.au> >>>> said: >>>> >>>>> Has anyone noticed a (minor but irritating) bug in 5.0.1 Help Browser >>>>> on Mac >>>>> OS X that wasn't present in 5.0.0? >>>>> >>>>> The browser design in V5 seemed to have gone backward compared to V4 >>>>> (on the >>>>> Mac front end at least). For example in 5.0.0: >>>>> >>>>> Click on Add-ons& Links. The next column brings up the sub folders >>>>> but no >>>>> scroll bar. You need to click on the bottom folder, in this case >>>>> MathLink, >>>>> to bring up the scroll bar and access the folders below MathLink >>>>> (such as >>>>> J/Link, webMathematica and so on. This was irritating. >>>>> >>>>> Now in 5.0.1 the only way to access folders below MathLink in the >>>>> help >>>>> browser is to search for a known folder, eg. By typing MSP and >>>>> pressing go >>>>> the webMathematica folder appears along with a scroll bar in the >>>>> Add-ons& >>>>> Links column. Something is clearly wrong with the Mac OS X >>>>> HelpBrowser. >>>> >>>> We have seen the same thing here with 6 or 7 machines running 5.0.1 >>>> under Mac OS X 10.3.2. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Are there any adjustments to the 'hidden' files that users can make >>>>> to >>>>> correct this? >>>> >>>> I hope someone can answer this one. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On another issue I've noticed that the frequency of crashes has >>>>> increased >>>>> from virtually zero for 4.2 to regular enough to be noticeable with >>>>> 5.0. I >>>>> haven't kept records or anything but I kinda feel like the crashes >>>>> are >>>>> occurring more often when I have iTunes running (and perhaps when >>>>> adding or >>>>> removing cell tags). Anyone else experiencing this? (on Mac OS X >>>>> 10.3.2) >>>> >>>> I must say that I haven't noticed any substantial instability. >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> -- Gary L. Gray >>>> >>>> >> >
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- Re: Help Browser issue in 5.0.1 on Mac OS X
- From: "Gary L. Gray" <glgray@mac.com>
- Re: Help Browser issue in 5.0.1 on Mac OS X
- From: drbob@bigfoot.com (Bobby R. Treat)
- Re: Help Browser issue in 5.0.1 on Mac OS X