Re: Re: Re: v.7.0 issues
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- Subject: [mg94050] Re: [mg93855] Re: [mg93827] Re: v.7.0 issues
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 05:43:45 -0500 (EST)
- References: <20081128124424.912745@jfultz2winlap>
- Reply-to: drmajorbob at longhorns.com
John,
First of all... thanks.
On issue (1), when you say
> For example, if you have a multiple cell selection, you need to
> right-click on one of the selected cells
you mean to say, "you need to right-click on THE BRACKET OF one of the
selected cells". (I was already right-clicking on a selected cell, of
course.)
And it's easier said than done, by the way.
On issue (2), I would like to see a BRIEF walk-through of restoring the
old behavior, if that's possible.
Bobby
On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:44:24 -0600, John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com> wrote:
> No comment on the third issue, which I haven't tried. As for the first
> two
> issues...
>
> 1) Mathematica now has real contextual menus (it has for many years had a
> right-click menu, but the menu was fixed, never changing based upon
> context).
> This means that it now matters *where* you click. If you have something
> selected and you click on that selection, you'll get options which
> pertain to
> the selection. For example, if you have a multiple cell selection, you
> need to
> right-click on one of the selected cells. If you click someplace else,
> you'll
> get a menu which allows you to paste where you clicked (or do other
> kinds of
> transformations on whatever it was you clicked), which requires changing
> the
> selection in most cases.
>
> 2) This isn't a situation I was very happy with. Safari binds back and
> forward
> navigation to Command+[ and Command+]. One of the things we've tried to
> do in
> the help viewer is to support web browser memes, and so in version 7 we
> support
> the Safari method. But doing so didn't leave any good openings for
> shortcuts
> for inserting matching brackets/braces. In the end, we elected to use
> Command+Option+] and Command+Option+Shift+] for these cases. If you'd
> much
> rather have the old keyboard shortcuts back, let me know and I can walk
> you
> through reverting them.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John Fultz
> jfultz at wolfram.com
> User Interface Group
> Wolfram Research, Inc.
>
>
> On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:30:29 -0500 (EST), DrMajorBob wrote:
>> I have three issues.
>>
>> $Version
>>
>> "7.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (November 11, 2008)"
>>
>> Problem 1: I'm used to highlighting several cells, right-clicking, and
>> selecting copy or paste. This no longer works, as right-clicking causes
>> NOTHING to be selected, before I can copy or paste.
>>
>> Problem 2: I'm used to hitting Command+[ to get [] or Command+Shift+[ to
>> get {}. Neither of these do anything, now.
>>
>> Problem 3: loading David Parks' Presentations package in Init.m, with
>> these statements (in two cells):
>>
>> Needs["Presentations`Master`"];
>>
>> help := PresentationsHelp
>>
>> yields the error:
>>
>> SetDelayed::write:
>> Tag comment in comment[x_, action_:FrontEnd`NotebookWrite] is Protected.
>>
>> Bobby
>
>
>
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