RulerUnits (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RulerUnits is an option for notebooks that specifies the units in the ruler toolbar.

SetSelectedNotebook (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SetSelectedNotebook[notebook] makes the specified notebook be the currently selected one in the front end.

StartupSound (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

StartupSound is a global option that specifies whether Mathematica plays a sound when it is launched.

SyntaxForm (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SyntaxForm is an option for InterpretationBox and TagBox objects that specifies the precedence level to use when the InterpretationBox or TagBox is considered as an operator.

$DefaultImagingDevice (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$DefaultImagingDevice gives the name of the default imaging device attached to the computer.

$Urgent (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$Urgent gives the list of files and pipes to which urgent output from Mathematica is sent.

Automatic Loading of Packages (Mathematica Tutorial)

Other tutorials have discussed explicit loading of Mathematica packages using <<package and Needs[package]. Sometimes, however, you may want to set Mathematica up so that it ...

Flat and Orderless Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Although Mathematica matches patterns in a purely structural fashion, its notion of structural equivalence is quite sophisticated. In particular, it takes account of ...

Numerical Precision (Mathematica Tutorial)

As discussed in "Exact and Approximate Results", Mathematica can handle approximate real numbers with any number of digits. In general, the precision of an approximate real ...

Symbolic Calculations (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica's ability to deal with symbolic expressions, as well as numbers, allows you to use it for many kinds of mathematics. Calculus is one example. With Mathematica, ...