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Mathematician, discrete and outspoken. Programmer and admin of various scientific and information systems. Amateur biologist and linguist.


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Sep
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comment Mathematica 8 and window names for modified files
@kale: thanks for this tip. I did not pick this aspect of the GUI before.
Sep
9
comment Mathematica 8 and window names for modified files
@ragfield: it is something I miss on Mac OSX compared to the Windows version. As other have explained, on Mac OSX, there are other clues about the unsaved state, but they can be a little subtle at first.
Sep
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Sep
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comment Mathematica 8 and window names for modified files
@Matariki : you are right, but under certain lighting conditions it can be missed. Moreover, when the window is not on the forefront, the notebook icon next to the title is dimmed anyway so you cannot see a difference. With this system, there is also no difference in the Window list of the FrontEnd.
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asked Mathematica 8 and window names for modified files
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awarded  Taxonomist
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awarded  Nice Question
Jun
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comment Surprises simplifying simple polynomials
Note that for simple expressions such as polynomials in one variable, comparing them with an ExpandAll is as effective as Simplify.
Jun
12
comment How to resize the text content of a grid with it?
@Alexey Popkov : thanks for these reports. It is even stranger than I thought. You are welcome to forward them to WRI with my original code.
Jun
12
comment How to resize the text content of a grid with it?
Thanks for this observation. I will keep this in mind in future applications.
Jun
12
comment How to resize the text content of a grid with it?
That's a nice collaboration atmosphere between all answerers. Thanks a lot. I accept this answer as the most complete but I have taken pleasure in following all the thread and plussed accordingly.
Jun
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accepted How to resize the text content of a grid with it?
Jun
11
comment How to resize the text content of a grid with it?
Good, and thanks a lot, it is a definite improvement ! But what this amounts to is saying that Pane and Grid do not know how to update their value of Width (and ImageSize) or take care of Scaled coordinates properly and implicitely and that we have to help them.
Jun
11
accepted How to draw an ellipse arc in 3D?
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11
asked How to resize the text content of a grid with it?
Jun
11
comment backward compatibility
@Mr.Wizard : I have slightly edited my question so that it is probably more acceptable as SE question.