To view the log, choose View log in the File menu. The Log Viewer is then activated. Use scrolling to view the desired place.
The Log Viewer menu is easy to operate. Choose Hide to cancel log view. Choose Print to print this text. This can also be done through the File menu.
The main MathMate window contains the File menu to manipulate log files. Log files have extension .log. To open a new log file choose Open, to save the current log choose Save.
When a log file is opened, the last 15 expressions in the log file are automatically added to the history list (menu History)so that the user can easily reenter the expressions.
Each log entry has the following layout:
Operation: operation name Expression:expression Precision:precision [Lower limit:lower limit] [Upper limit:upper limit] [Parameters:] [parameter_1 = value_1] [...] [parameter_n = value_n] ________________ Result:result [Estimated error:estimated error] [Function value:function value] [error message]When quitting MathMate the user is asked whether the log is to be saved.
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