possibility of making wxMaxima the default GUI (instead of Xmaxima)
Subject: possibility of making wxMaxima the default GUI (instead of Xmaxima)
From: Ron Crummett
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:59:47 -0800
Yeah, I just mean on output. I understand (from experience) the need
for the % prefix on the input side of things, but one of the nice things
about wxMaxima (in my opinion) is the 'pretty' output, and %e and %i
kind of diminish the look.
-Ron
Stavros Macrakis wrote:
>On 3/25/06, Ron Crummett <rcrummett at uidaho.edu> wrote:
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>>You know, as long as we're having this discussion, I think it would be
>>great, if, at all possible, to remove the % prefix on other constants,
>>such as e and i. No big deal if not, it just looks a little "clunky"
>>sometimes.
>>
>>
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>The % prefix is to distinguish between an ordinary variable named 'e'
>or 'i' and the special constants. The letter 'i', in particular, is
>very commonly used as an index variable, and it would be unacceptable
>to forbid that.
>
>Or do you mean on output only? On output, it would certainly be nice
>to have %e and %i (and especially %pi) display nicely.
>
> -s
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