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| From | David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica |
| Subject | Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu |
| Date | 2011-04-14 11:07 +0000 |
| Organization | Steven M. Christensen and Associates, Inc and MathTensor, Inc. |
| Message-ID | <io6kic$fen$1@smc.vnet.net> (permalink) |
| References | <io3rr9$1oq$1@smc.vnet.net> |
On 13/04/2011 10:53, ChrisL wrote: > Dear all, > > Ever since I've upgraded to Mathematica 8, the interface presents a > very strange behaviour; it becomes either unresponsive or > misinterprets the keyboard, and is generally a bit sluggish. > A typical example is that if I start typing a bit fast, the cursor > jumps to a new line (*). Another example is I press the down key but > the cursor goes up, repeatedly. > > I don't have these issues with the workbench, so it's restricted to > the interface. > > Is there any I can do? Would upgrading to 8.0.1 fix things? > This is becoming really impossible to work from the interface. > > Thank you in advance, > Cheers, > Chris > > * not an issue with the laptop's trackpad, I'm fairly sure. I haven't > started to type differently since Mathematica 8.0.0. And clicking from > the trackpad is disabled anyway. > I also noticed that 8.0.0 would become very sluggish at random times - so sluggish that the keys backed up, and I could stop and watch them appearing! I found it so bad that I dropped back to version 7. Fortunately, the problem has gone with 8.0.1. David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
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irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu 64b) ChrisL <chris.ladroue@gmail.com> - 2011-04-13 09:53 +0000
Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk> - 2011-04-14 11:07 +0000
Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu ChrisL <chris.ladroue@gmail.com> - 2011-04-16 11:38 +0000
Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch@gmail.com> - 2011-04-17 11:53 +0000
Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk> - 2011-04-17 23:16 +0000
Re: irritating behaviour of the interface (Mathematica 8.0.0, Ubuntu Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch@gmail.com>ZZ - 2011-04-19 10:58 +0000
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