Re: Double Clicking
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- Subject: [mg120894] Re: Double Clicking
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <kjm at KevinMcCann.com>
- Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:16:20 -0400 (EDT)
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Thanks Bobby,
I never heard of this before. It is very useful.
Kevin
On 8/13/2011 6:56 AM, DrMajorBob wrote:
> I should have said triple-click. Double-click highlights an operator;
> another fast click also highlights its arguments.
>
> In the expression like Table[x, {x, 0, 1}]:
>
> a) triple-clicking on { or } highlights {x, 0, 1}.
> b) Triple-clicking on 0 or 1 or the second x highlights the arguments of
> List, but not the brackets.
> c) Triple-clicking on the first x highlights the arguments of Table, but
> not Table itself.
> d) quadruple-clicking the first x highlights the Table expression
>
> ... and so forth.
>
> Ctrl-. or the "Edit>Extend selection" from the menus may be easier for you
> than fast clicking.
>
> Bobby
>
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:56:54 -0500, James Stein<mathgroup at stein.org>
> wrote:
>
>> DrMajorBob said: "When I wonder what operator has higher precedence --
>> as I
>> often do -- I
>> double-click on each operator in turn, and automatic selection expansion
>> tells me what I need to know."
>>
>> I never heard about this; I just now tried it and it doesn't work for
>> me; I
>> looked briefly for documentation and found none. What am I missing?
>
>