The Edit Screen


MathCast's main screen is the Edit Screen. Here you can type-in, edit, and manage your equations.

The Edit Screen is divided into a few main sections, as shown in this picture:




The Equation List Pane

Most of the screen is taken up by the Equation List Pane. Using MathCast, you would usually edit more than one equation at a time. All of the equations you edit are listed in this pane.

Left clicking on an equation selects that equation. A selected equation is outlined by a pink box surrounding it. Once selected, you can change what is written in the equation, copy it, delete it, and so on.


Equation Buttons Pane

These are some of the most used actions that you would take:

The Rapid Mathline

The Rapid Mathline is where you can type-in and re-edit equations. This is all explained in detail in the next section, titled The Rapid Mathline.


The Lowlist

The Lowlist includes some commonly used characters that you can quickly add to the Mathline.

You can edit "lowlist.dat" file, located in the "Interface" folder and change the characters, if you wish.


Equation Name

Each equation can be named. Pressing on the name link will let you edit the name in the Rapid MathLine.


The Main Menu for the Edit Screen

The File Menu
The menu actions here operate on the entire current equation list.
The Edit Menu
The Edit Menu operates on either the equation list or the Rapid Mathline; it depends on where the keyboard focus is at the time.

The menu actions here are similar to other applications. The "Settings" menu item takes you to the Settings Screen.

There are also options for selecting multiple equations. "Select Few" lets you select a number of equations. Enter the equation numbers in the Rapid Mathline to select.


The Equation Menu
The menu actions here operate on single equations within the current equation list.
You can also change the style of the selected equation from Block to Inline. See The Settings Screen for a description of the differences.

You can also change the colors or the size of the selected equation.


The Math Menu
This menu shows all the symbols, operators and functions supported by MathCast. Selecting an item from this menu, will add the according text to the Rapid Mathline.


The Help Menu
This is a standard help menu. For your convenience, there is also a shortcut to the calculator and to a unit converter.