Re: Notebook interface and Wolfram-Alpha
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- Subject: [mg117151] Re: Notebook interface and Wolfram-Alpha
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:15:08 -0500 (EST)
That's strange: With Mathematica 8.0.1 under Mac OSX, whenever I open a new (blank) notebook, the first thing I see is a horizontal line with the + symbol just below its left end, indicating that's where I can type input in a new cell. And then after I evaluate a cell, immediately below the output I see such a line with the + icon there, too. (The line and + go away as soon as you begin to type in the new cell.) I find this a handy confirmation that the cursor is where a new cell can be created -- a more immediately visible indicator that the old way. this can be handy, especially, for novice users who may be puzzled as to where to type input. Yet the line and + icon are so unobtrusive that they certainly don't annoy me, a very long-time and experienced Mathematica user. (I just don't get what could be so "annoying" about it -- other than that it's something a bit new and different.) I see the same behavior with Mathematica 8.0.1 under Windows (XP). And I'm pretty sure the new behavior began with 8.0.0. On 3/9/2011 6:57 AM, DrMajorBob wrote: > I don't see any "plus" signs on my Mac with version 8, so this thread is a > mystery to me. > > Bobby > > On Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:37:39 -0600, Didier laplot > <didier.laplot at gmail.com> wrote: > >> David Park suggested setting CellInsertionPointCell->None and >> ShowCellBracket->True (or False), but these settings do not get rid of >> this small annoyance on my Mac version. >> He was also kind enough to send me his PresentationStyle stylesheet >> and when this stylesheet is applied to a notebook, indeed the "plus" >> sign does not appear. >> But I'm still looking for a way to suppress the "plus" sign in a >> notebook in version 8 without having to resort to any particular >> stylesheet. A global option setting in the system that would revert >> the display to the old simple traditional notebook interface. >> >> Thanks. >> > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305