Boxes are the underlying representation of two-dimensional forms in notebooks.
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How can I get the unchanged Box form of an arbitrary expression?
One may observe that MakeBoxes does not give the actual Box form of various expressions:
MakeBoxes[{1*^4, 000123, a*b c}]
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Is there a way to have a Tooltip for non-editable raster graphics produced by MakeBoxes?
I have a function which produces a large object I would like to hide. Formatting is of course an option but I'm hoping for something a little more meaningful using raster graphics and ...
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How to change brackets in TraditionalForm output
I'm trying to improve TraditionalForm's output by using different brackets when there are more than one. For instance, instead of $u(v(r(b))))$, I'd like to get ...
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Prevent front-end from reformatting long fractions while editing
I am editing an expression containing wide fractions (typeset with fraction boxes):
But if, while editing the equation, the fraction exceeds some threshold (seems to be approximately the window ...
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Combination of CellPrint and PrintTemporary, or DisplayForm for Cells
I'm programmatically generating some formatted output that generates a cell in the form of a Cell[] expression. For instance, the output might be
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Unexpected result when reading Cell with comment-lines by NotebookRead
When considering this question about re-formatting Cell (also this one), I encountered an issue which confuses me. I'll let the code itself speak:
Consider the ...
