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Compatibility Issues in Maple 17

  

The following is a brief description of the compatibility issues that affect users upgrading from Maple 16 to Maple 17.

 

Subscripts and Underscore Characters

Local Names

3-D Plot Default Axes

Subscripts and Underscore Characters

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The way that subscripts and underscores are entered in Maple has changed for Maple 17.

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The changes are listed in the table below:

Type

Keystrokes in Maple 17

Keystrokes in Previous Releases

Atomic Subscript

a__b

a[Ctrl]+[Shift]+_b

Index Subscript Representation #1

a[b]

a[b]

Index Subscript Representation #2

a[Ctrl]+[Shift]+_b

a_b

Variable with underscore character

a _ b

a\_b

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For more information, including changing the default behavior, see ImprovedSubscriptHandling.

Local Names

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New in Maple 17, you can declare any variable as local, including Maple constants and some keywords.

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For more information, see Local Names

3-D Plot Default Axes

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In Maple 17, 3-D plots in the Standard Worksheet interface will appear with a default axis setting of boxed.

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For more information on Maple 17 plotting updates, see Visualization.

See Also

Index of New Maple 17 Features

Worksheet Compatibility Issues