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[mathcad] RE: Weird editor bugs (again)
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Author: Andy Spragg
Posted: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 18:11:32 +0100
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Hi all,
The red face is all mine, not Paul's. His red thing is a herring i.e. my
original posting that really did take 3 days to get back to me, and caused
me to suspect a server problem when my alleged follow-up with attachment
still hadn't got back to me 5 days later. Turns out the reason was that I
didn't post it, I emailed it direct to Mark Smith - who then replied via
the list. Hence my firm belief that I had posted it in the first place.
However, I hadn't, so (belatedly) here it is. And at least now I know why
list postings sometimes resemble buses in the way they all arrive at once.
Andy
OK, here we go. Worksheet attached, the file name is most of the
instructions! I haven't experimented with how much of the worksheet I can
chop out and still have the bug exhibit itself, life's too short. So...
1) Open worksheet, scroll to bottom. In the very last expression, you will
see an unoccupied placeholder. Click it to select it with the blue
right-angle thingy, hit Delete on keyboard. Wave a quick goodbye to
Mathcad.
2) I just tried an alternative Delete method. After clicking placeholder
to select it with the blue right-angle thing, I tried carefully dragging
to select it the alternative way i.e. so it is covered with the black box
thing (I did this because when I previously reported weird copy and paste
behaviour in the editor, I was advised to use the black box method rather
than the blue right-angle method). This time, when I hit Delete, the
selection just reverts to the blue right-angle method. Go to 1) ...
Andy
Mark Smith "mark.smith"
28/09/2005 11:08
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RE: [mathcad] RE: Weird editor bugs (again)
Hi Andy.
Send me the file direct (or post it) with instructions on how to make it
fail & I'll give it a go.
mark
From: "Andy.Spragg" "mailto:Andy.Spragg"
Sent: 27 September 2005 18:17
To: Mathcad Discussion List
Subject: [mathcad] RE: Weird editor bugs (again)
Hi, Mark.
No, I hadn't applied the service packs. However, I went and downloaded
the latest version from Adept, and applied it, and checked that the S/N
had a C after it (it did), and tested my demo worksheet, and the problem
still manifested exactly the same. The fact that it is completely
reproducible is rather unusual IME and makes me wonder if it might
actually be useful to Mathsoft, depending of course on whether it still
manifests in later versions, and whether the equation editor has been
completely rewritten for v13 as it is supposed to have been.
I've never posted a worksheet to the forum before. Would you or anyone
else be interested to see if my demo "works" on other machines and
versions? If so, do I just attach and post?
Andy
Mark Smith "mark.smith"
27/09/2005 10:07
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[mathcad] RE: Weird editor bugs (again)
Hi
I'm still using 2000 & have never seen this. Have you applied all the
service packs? if you do a help about does your serial number end in C ?
this was the last update (i think)
mark
From: "Andy.Spragg" "mailto:Andy.Spragg"
Sent: 23 September 2005 15:26
To: Mathcad Discussion List
Subject: [mathcad] Weird editor bugs (again)
I'm working with Mathcad 2000 at the moment - we had a copy going spare,
and it was a lot closer to my colleaagues than the v7 I have been
stubbornly sticking to these last few years, so I decided to make use of
it. No problems so far, until today - but then I haven't stressed it
until today. Actually, what I've been doing today shouldn't have been
particularly stressful - simple symbolic stuff - but stressful compared
to what I've used it for thus far. Anyway ...
... I've discovered this "interesting" bug in the equation editor. I'd
be surprised (but not amazed) if it's not known about, but I don't
recall it being aired before. I'm editing an equation (with symbolic
equals, not evaluation equals) - just manually regrouping some terms -
and trying to delete a placeholder (using the delete key on the
keyboard). Three times now, Mathcad has just instanteously shut itself
down as a result. Not crashed, just made a sharp exit - as if Delete was
a (red)hotkey. One time, Windows even asked me if I wanted to send
blahblah.mcd to the Recycle Bin ...
So now I'm proceeding very carefully, saving every few seconds, and
keeping my fingers crossed. Does anyone know anything about this bug?
Andy
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