MaplePrimes - answers and comments on Question, How do I get matching parentheses to blink in Classic Worksheet Maple 16?

You can set 1-D input as default

dharr — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:16:30 Z

In Maple 16 (not Classic), if you want 1-D Maple input as the default (instead of ctrl-M every line), go to tools/options/display/and set Input Display to "Maple Notation".

And "Apply Globally"

Carl Love — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:42:03 Z

And remember to click Apply Globally at the end.

Is there any reason to use Classic Worksheet?

spradlig — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:49:50 Z

dharr:

I followed your suggestion and it worked. Having done this, is there any reason I or anyone else would want to use

Classic Worksheet mode instead of regular?

Greg

Thanks.

spradlig — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:51:00 Z

@Carl Love

I guessed myself that I should do this but thanks anyway.

Reason to use Classic

Carl Love — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:04:05 Z

@spradlig I use Classic to open very old .mws worksheets. All I do is open them and resave them, and then I can open them in Standard. That's all that I use Classic for. However, I can think of two other reasons why someone might want Classic. The first is that the spacing of the characters in the math output of Standard is often too wide or misaligned vertically. Thus it is harder to read. The second reason is that moderately long output that Classic can display virtually instantaneously can take inordinately long to display in Standard, and very long output very often causes the GUI to crash completely.

reasons

Alejandro Jakubi — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:17:49 Z

@spradlig

About some reasons and other GUI issues you may like to read this thread and linked ones therein.