Maple 9 for Mac OSX : a shame !
Jacques M. TORRE
OSX 10.2.6).
In the use, I meet the following crippling problems :
1) The recovery of my former files (Maple 7) is practically impossible
:
- All the accented letters (text input) disappeared,
- Fonts are not recognized,
- Various used styles are not recognized,
- The management of left single quotes (standard math) is erratic
(they disappear when recording).
2) Printing is catastrophic :
- Setting parameters are ineffective ("scale" in particular),
- The space between the printed lines is much bigger than that
appearing to the screen,
- characters in italic (standard math) are printed straight ahead,
- "Print preview" is of an unacceptable quality.
3) Miscellaneous
- A double-click on a .mw file opens Maple 9 with a blank page, but
not the concerned file.
- An excessive slowness when opening Maple 9 or a .mw file.
To summarize :
On Macintosh OSX platforms, Maple 9 is unusable in the current
release.
Former files are irretrievable (text input and standard math).
Paper publishing is unusable.
Maplesoft is fucking around with Macintosh users.
The version 9.0.1 does not bring any improvement.
In this company, has anybody checked Maple 9 on MacOSX platform ?
Probably never, and this is a shame.
On the other hand, I know that there is several persons in this
company to cash my check !
G. A. Edgar
disk, and use whichever one you want. Actually, I have Maple 6 and
Maple V there as well.
--
G. A. Edgar http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~edgar/
Thomas Richard
> [...]
> 3) Miscellaneous
> - A double-click on a .mw file opens Maple 9 with a blank page, but
> not the concerned file.
There seems to be a solution for this problem under way. Please see
http://www.maplesoft.com/support/Faqs/Maple9/Interface/9.shtml for
background information.
--
Thomas Richard
Maple Support
Scientific Computers GmbH
http://www.scientific.de
Carl Devore
> release. Former files are irretrievable (text input and standard math).
Today, one of my students with Maple 9 on a Macintosh told me that he
was not able to open the Classic Worksheet maple files (that is, old
style .mws files) that I send to the class. Is this a known problem,
or is he just doing something wrong?
Maybe the solution is that I will have to post all files in both .mw
and .mws format! Quite a nuisance if I do.
G. A. Edgar
Devore <dev...@math.udel.edu> wrote:
>
> Today, one of my students with Maple 9 on a Macintosh told me that he
> was not able to open the Classic Worksheet maple files (that is, old
> style .mws files) that I send to the class. Is this a known problem,
> or is he just doing something wrong?
>
> Maybe the solution is that I will have to post all files in both .mw
> and .mws format! Quite a nuisance if I do.
Using the Maple 9 menu choice "open", I can open *.mws files saved by
Maple 7.
There was reported recently a bug where double-clicking such a file (or
using "Open With" on it) will start Maple 9, but only open a new
worksheet, not the one you clicked. If Maple is already open,
double-clicking the document is OK.
How do you send these files to the class? Did they perhaps arrive as
TEXT files? And did the software at one end or the other "repair" the
line-endings?