User talk:Mathmensch/Archives/2017/October

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Hi. Were you interested in getting rid of VisualEditor (VE) after it got somehow selected as your default? I think you can find that in your Special:Preferences under the "beta features" tab. I'd be interested to know whether that works. --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 12:23, 6 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately, changing these had zero effect. I actually like the syntax highlighting, but the new update that was introduced yesterday is just too aggressive in some respects, and one has the impression that they changed it for change's sake. I must say that in my view, it makes editing harder. I don't want to sound mean, but that's what it feels like. --Mathmensch (discuss • contribs) 13:40, 6 October 2017 (UTC)


 * &lt;sigh&gt; The Foundation has been working directly contrary to the best interests of the sisterhood for at least about the past ten years (since creation of the position of Executive Director).  We push onward despite the Foundation's efforts, while the Foundation makes pious pronouncements about how we're all one big happy family moving toward our common goals (and demonstrating, on a massive scale, the ultimate uselessness of the notion of good faith, which most of those on all sides have in abundance).  On a more detailed level, I've observed that software updates break things routinely, which I would take in better kind if I felt that this collateral damage was at least done while trying to do things that were valid things to want to do in the first place.  --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 14:07, 6 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I have my old edit mode back! I don't know why it works now, it's a bit strange. --Mathmensch (discuss • contribs) 19:26, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Maybe it's because i hit the beta option in the top right corner instead of selecting the tab in the preferences. --Mathmensch (discuss • contribs) 19:27, 6 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I was even able to enable the code highlighting, which is one of the few things I like about the new edit mode. --Mathmensch (discuss • contribs) 19:28, 6 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Glad things have worked out. :-) --Pi zero (discuss • contribs) 20:55, 6 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I'd like to take the opportunity to ask another question: Would it be possible to import the template Template:Chart to wikibooks? It would be a great addition in that it could be used to display the dependencies of different areas of mathematics. --Mathmensch (discuss • contribs) 08:58, 8 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I have been told the appropriate page: Requests_for_import. --Mathmensch (discuss • contribs) 09:35, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Now I can't preview things...--Mathmensch (discuss • contribs) 09:50, 8 October 2017 (UTC)