Re: Re: When can Mathematica have a decent Find dialogue?
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- Subject: [mg107538] Re: [mg107516] Re: When can Mathematica have a decent Find dialogue?
- From: bsyehuda at gmail.com
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:53:32 -0500 (EST)
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Couldn't agree more y and have their own find code (activated instead of the built-in version > by modifying the MENUSETUP.TR file). > > I tend to use a lot of extra characters, such as \[Breve], and it is a > real pain to include these in a search string using the built-in > facility. However, my search box is a small notebook, so I can use all > the usual methods to enter these characters. > > I agree with you, and, more generally, I think Wolfram Research tends > make two strategic errors: > > 1) They ignore convenience features like this, in favour of much more > elaborate extensions to the software. > > 2) They seem to expect everyone to use the Workbench to get the best > out of the software. I think this is unreasonable because many > experienced users like to continue using a single frontend for > everything, and it really is unreasonable to expect beginners to learn > two interfaces in order to use Mathematica effectively! > > David Bailey > http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk > > I suspect a lot of the people here, either use Workbench, or do as I do,
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- Re: When can Mathematica have a decent Find dialogue?
- From: David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk>
- Re: When can Mathematica have a decent Find dialogue?