Tagged Questions
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Use Initialization Cells to open a CellGroup
I would like to use "Evaluate Initialization Cells" to open a CellGroup in a notebook. However, the following code doesn't work if placed in an initialization cell:
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Use different kernels for different Notebooks
I know that the command LaunchKernels[] starts up four kernels on my machine:
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Is it possible to create Evaluatable cell which will be automatically overwritten?
Am trying to generate an Evaluatable cell which itself is an output cell which will be overwritten when the original Input cell ...
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Storing data in the Notebook in readable form
The common problem in my theretical work is a need to import some experimental data to work with. This means that my notebook depends on some external files which makes it difficult to share it with ...
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How to create a button that colors a selected piece of text in a cell?
I use Mathematica 9.0.1 and I want change the color of a selection in a text cell using a button. But when I use this code it changes the color of the entire cell.
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Does an equivalent of marks in vim exist for navigating notebooks quickly? [duplicate]
Is it possible in the Mathematica front-end to associate a keyboard shortcut with a cursor location in the notebook (kind of like marks in vim) so that one can return to them quickly later?
(Just ...
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Manipulate (linux version of Mathematica)
I'm runnning Mathematica 9 on Ubuntu linux 11.10. After installing CDF player I still have problem (most of time) with Manipulate. Only way I'm able to change value ...
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How can I add a background to a stylesheet?
In version 9 we can set the background to an image, however I'd like to save this into a stylesheet that can be installed.
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Copy last/second last (etc.) input from history into current cell
I like to use terminals (e.g. gnome-terminal) where you can use the up key to copy the last command into the current input 'field'. For example, to repeat the last ...
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71 views
Extracting text from cells, preserving non-ASCII characters
Consider the following setup, based on this answer by WReach:
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Infinite computation in Mathematica 9
I just installed Mathematica 9 on Windows 8 64-bit. When I run it and try to execute commands, the first command works perfectly, but the second and further commands don't work. There is no completion ...
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Automatic recovery after crash
I want Mathematica to periodically autosave my notebooks to the temp folder.
And in case of front-end crash i want to see the dialog after restart with the following choices:
recover from autosaved ...
2
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1answer
102 views
Export notebook file without launching front-end
I am using a Mathematica script to programmatically generate a Mathematica notebook. The script generates a Notebook expression and then uses ...
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1answer
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How to edit a HYPERLINK once created inside a notebook?
When a hyperlink is created in a notebook, there does not seem to be an easy way to actually edit the hyperlink (maybe to correct the URL).
To make some text HYPERLINK, one selects the text using the ...
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135 views
Save notebook without including Front End version information
How can a notebook be saved without including the front end version?
If you open a .nb file, you'll see something like
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Embed a Microsoft RichEdit 8 control in a Mathematica notebook using .NETLink?
Does anyone know whether or not it's possible to embed a RichEdit 8 control within a Mathematica Notebook using .NETLink?
The goal here would be able to both view and edit mathematical text typeset ...
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201 views
Quickly display a color graphically
When manipulating colors, the output is shown as a textual expression like Hue[1/5], RGBColor[2/3, 1, 1/3], ...
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Typeset unbalanced brackets
In LaTeX, you can typeset expressions containing unbalanced brackets, by balancing them with an invisible delimiter \left. or ...
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Keep palette visible when Mathematica application loses focus
When the Mathematica application loses focus, palette windows disappear (normal notebooks and dialogs (CreateDialog) stay). This is usually convenient because the ...
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How can I access a variable in one evaluator from another evaluator?
I have two notebooks, each with a different kernel. Is there a way to grab the value of a variable in KernelA from KernelB?
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Is there a notebook autosave frequency configuration?
I've had Mathematica crash on me a number of times, and have had to recreate notebook contents from the last save point.
I was looking for something in the preferences like an autosave frequency ...
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Page breaks appearing as thick line on actual print-out
I'm using Insert->Page Break to do just that, but thick black lines are appearing on the actual printed copy wherever I indicated a break. Can this be turned off?
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How to make certain mathematical characters be written as bold by default
In a notebook, when writing \[RightVector] over a variable I always end up bolding it to make it more visible. But it'd be easier if it could be set up to bold that ...
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1answer
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How to add more levels to Outline notebooks
The Outline stylesheet only seems to cover 6 levels of depth. Is there any way to increase that?
Here's an example. Hitting tab on the last level just indents its content, but doesn't add another ...
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Sometimes notation gets auto-converted from traditional to raw input and won't convert back
For example, I'm typing this:
When upon hitting the last character it gets converted to:
And trying to Convert To TraditionalForm has no effect. This glitch has happened a few times and on ...
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How can I export aligned equations to $\LaTeX$?
Using Palettes -> Writing Assistant -> Math Cells, you can enter aligned equations such as:
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Can the banner in the Home Edition be removed?
The Mathematica Home Edition shows a banner at the top of every notebook:
Is there a way to (permanently) get rid of it, without violating the EULA?
Edit
Yesterday, I sent this message to WRI ...
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1answer
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How to suppress undesirable kerning rules in math inline cells?
Update: (11/29/2012) Looks like Mathematica 9 has the same behavior.
The following graphic shows how Mathematica kerns italic characters in an inline math formula cell (first row) where an ...
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1answer
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How to make a notebook that will be window maximized when open?
I use
CreateDocument[cells, opts]
to create a notebook. When the notebook is open, it has a small default windows size and I need to manually maximize it every ...
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Is it possible to typeset left and right angle brackets?
I would like to typeset the following in a Mathematica notebook:
$$\langle P \rangle$$
Is it possible to typeset left and right angle brackets? In $\LaTeX$, they are given by ...
3
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Mathematica 8 and window names for modified files
I do not know if this is particular to Mac OS, but with version 8, the window name of a notebook no longer changes (with an appended *) when it is modified, as it used to do with version 7 (as well as ...
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Problems with images caused by which stylesheet is used
Update
This looks now like it was a bug in Mathematica version 8, because
everything works as expected - at least for this minimal example - in
version 9. (As an aside, I couldn't seem to find ...
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Clear Citation Style Cache
How can I clear the "Citation Styles Cache" created when you use the EndNote citation management feature for the first time in Mathematica. The Citation Management tutorial indicates that such a ...
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306 views
Open two copies of the same notebook
Is there a way to open one notebook in two (or more) different windows? This can be helpful when working with a long notebook and one wants to edit one part of it while looking at a different part. ...
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Saving my code before cell evaluations: Insurance against front end hanging
I guess my programming working style is not unique. I develop programs one cell at a time, and when I have some confidence about what I did, I put all my mess together refining the code, building up ...
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Using the Mathematica front-end efficiently for editing notebooks
Background:
I have used Vim for 15+ years. There is a certain "one"-ness with the editor one achieves. Emacs users also experience this. Notepad users do not.
My current interaction with the ...
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Inlining calculations in a notebook
Context
In $\LaTeX$, I can write something like:
Thus, we have $x = \sqrt{2}$, ...
the $ ... $, as opposed to $$ ... $$, inline the LaTeX symbols.
Now, with ...
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4answers
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Dialog inside dialog not DialogReturn-ing properly
How can I prevent the DialogInput from failing (or returning early) as soon as I close the "Close this" dialog?
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2answers
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How can I set an image to be the Notebook's background?
Is it possible to set a notebook's background to a nonscrolling image?
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Accessing the Options of the parent Cell
From within the Kernel, it is possible to access a Cell's options using CurrentValue. For instance, in a ...
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Searching Notebooks for String Patterns using Workbench v2
The Workbench webpage describing new features in version 2 lists the ability to "Search notebook documents with the Mathematica pattern search utility" under the heading Mathematica Front End ...
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keyboard sequence for Magnify in version 8?
It used to be that you could find a Magnify item in the Format menu of the Mathematica front-end, at the very bottom if I remember correctly. You could get at the item in Windows by a keyboard ...
5
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Remove CellMargins option from many cells
I have a very old notebook in which many cells had the CellMargins option set manually. What's the easiest way to remove all those manual option settings?
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Option to change cursor/caret shape
While editing on a Mathematica notebook, I often find myself needing to do something else outside of Mathematica for a few hours. After finishing such outside tasks, I resume to work on the notebook.
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Is it possible to insert an animated image into Mathematica notebook?
I find it very convenient to use Mathematica notebooks to organise the codes + results.
I was wondering if it is possible to insert an animated image (say an animated gif) in the middle of a ...
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Collapse a section of a huge function
(I have recently taken to Mathematica... still a noobie)
Is there an elegant way of hiding/collapsing only a portion of a function (for example, in Matlab, within a function, one can collapse the for ...
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Prevent text from wrapping in a notebook
By default in the Notebook interface the text wraps.
Is it possible to prevent this wrapping?
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1answer
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How to sort cells in a notebook based on cell tags?
Suppose I have a notebook with cells tagged with both numbers and words with numbers always list first, and some cells without cell tags e.g.:
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Delete the current notebook cell using the keyboard
Is there another way than pressing Ctrl+. until the whole cell is selected and then pressing Del?
If this is not built in, can I create some sort of a global macro to do this and bind it to a ...
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How to make a parallel auto-generated .m package from Initialization cells?
according to the documentation at ref/InitializationCell,
When you first save a notebook that contains initialization cells, you have the option to make a ...
