When I select the Parentheses in the menu the tile becomes empty. Am I missing something ?
Karl
On Apr 12, 2008, at 6:16 AM, karl wrote:
When I select the Parentheses in the menu the tile becomes empty. Am I missing something ?
Hi, Karl,
The only thing that changed was the wording of a menu item: the menu item that formerly said "grouped" now says "parentheses". The functionality is otherwise unchanged: you can either specify a function (e.g. cos or abs) to apply to whatever appears within the parentheses, or you can simply use the parentheses as a grouping mechanism.
As before, if you want to switch from plain parentheses to a "real" function, click on the tile to the left of the left-parenthesis to get the function-choice pop-up, or cycle among the choices using the green arrows.
Does anyone perhaps have a suggestion for better wording for the item in question? Perhaps "parentheses only". Or "just parentheses"? Or "no function"? Or "identity function"? As you can see, every idea here seems to have its downside!
Cheers,
-- Scott
Scott Wallace wrote:
On Apr 12, 2008, at 6:16 AM, karl wrote:
When I select the Parentheses in the menu the tile becomes empty. Am I missing something ?
Hi, Karl,
The only thing that changed was the wording of a menu item: the menu item that formerly said "grouped" now says "parentheses". The functionality is otherwise unchanged: you can either specify a function (e.g. cos or abs) to apply to whatever appears within the parentheses, or you can simply use the parentheses as a grouping mechanism.
As before, if you want to switch from plain parentheses to a "real" function, click on the tile to the left of the left-parenthesis to get the function-choice pop-up, or cycle among the choices using the green arrows.
Does anyone perhaps have a suggestion for better wording for the item in question? Perhaps "parentheses only". Or "just parentheses"? Or "no function"? Or "identity function"? As you can see, every idea here seems to have its downside!
Maybe "no function" is the best. I got confused when the "parentheses" removed the function and did not put in an extra parentheses (whatever that would be good for :-) )
Karl
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