Questions on Notebooks (*.nb, *.ma in earlier versions), structured interactive documents produced by Mathematica that can contain text, graphics, sound, calculations, typeset expressions, and user interface elements.
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How do I get the equivalent of the $\LaTeX$ \tag{} in Mathematica?
How do I get the equivalent of the $\LaTeX$ \tag{} in Mathematica?
$a+b=x \tag{1}$
I'm not necessarily asking how to use the $\LaTeX$ \tag{} itself in ...
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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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How to fix corrupted notebooks? [closed]
How to fix this error? Here is the error message:
"There appears to be an error in the file named below. You should close it without saving, then check the "Parse and load entire notebook into memory ...
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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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More structure in Source Code/Notebooks
Mathematica is great for small and quick projects and has a great syntax. However as soon as a project grows I run into trouble. How do you scale and maintain projects in Mathematica? What is beyond ...
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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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How do I make Mathematica copy a cell after I re-evaluate it?
When I edit a cell in the notebook and re-evaluate it, it "overwrites" the input and the output of the previous edit. I want it to copy my edited version to the bottom or something and give me a ...
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Notebook function formatting
I've recently started a course in which I am learning how to solve different problems using Mathematica. A large part of the course covers creating your own functions. The thing is I don't like how my ...
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How to export notebook in colored PDF form [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Saving a notebook as PDF, preserving syntax highlighting
I would like to export my notebook code in a colored PDF form. What I do is select the brace in the right side ...
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how to select all cells with specific property such as the ones that are closed
I have to close many cells each time before I export a notebook to HTML since I do not want to display many code cells and other cells.
I select each cell one by one, and do ...
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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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Move selection to next Output and export to CDF
In my quest to a custom "Save as HTML" (please see context here) I am now able to iterate through the notebook, grab Input cells decorated with a CellTag that, by convention, is going to be a file ...
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How can I type left (sub)superscript?
I want to type in my variable next to its plot and I'm typing the text in using Inset. However my variable has superscripts to the left. Say it looks like this:
$ ...
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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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Can Mathematica check spelling during typing?
I can't see a way to get Mathematica to check my spelling as I type. Is this feature not supported? I've done everything I can think of with my options:
Is there a setting I'm missing?
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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 to effectively diff a notebook?
How to effectively diff a notebook with another version of it? This is usually needed/encountered in revision control, but can be generally useful. What i currently do is disable notebook history, ...
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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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Publishing a Mathematica notebook
I am considering publishing a Mathematica notebook, used for analysis of some data, as a “supporting information” file alongside a research paper. What are the common practices for doing so, and what ...
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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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Is there a way to “lock” some cells in a notebook?
Is there a way to "lock" some cells in a notebook so they can't be edited? It's usually input cell that's documenting some functionality. I'd like other readers of the notebook to be able to execute ...
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How to create a dynamically self-updating table of content for a notebook? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Generating a table of contents
How to create a dynamically self-updating table of content for a notebook? The TOC should contain the titles for the section, subsection, ...
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Context “Unique to This Notebook” makes variables black even if they're not defined?
I'm trying to use this technique to keep variables separated between different notebooks. It seems to be working fine, except that variables turn black as soon as they are evaluated — any ideas why ...
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Reading Early Version Notebooks
I have some very old Mathematica notebooks file (.m) files from Version 2. When I try to open them using Mathematica 8.0 (on a Linux system) Mathematica instantly shuts down (no error message - just ...
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automatically add Global` to $ContextPath for all notebooks when using CellContext->Notebook
I have some definitions in my init.m. E.g. my init.m contains this:
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Bug: Notebook changes its name by itself and loses information in closed cells [closed]
I encountered an annoying bug (Mathematica 8.04 for Mac).
The notebook changes its name to "Untitled-1" and all the closed cells lose its information. Then I have to close it and open the last saved ...
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Excel-like UI in Mathematica
This is NOT about importing/exporting Excel data to/from Mathematica.
This is purely a UI question.
The Mathematica notebook interface is very "linear" — I type in an input cell and Mathematica ...
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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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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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Substituting confidential tagged cells by a “content removed” cell
When producing a notebook with both code and text, I often end up with pieces of code, or even entire chapters, that I don't want to be shown on the final output.
I generally hide or close them by ...
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“automated” image embedding app
Based on the following image attach procedure, can a Dynamic app be developed that:
at start, only shows a small import button
once clicked, opens a choose image ...
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Attaching a file to a notebook
Is there a way to attach a file into a notebook and open it later with, for instance, a double click (or another action button)?
In Mathematica windows version, the insert menu has the "object..." ...
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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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Indenting bulleted lists in Notebooks
I currently use Word for notes, making nested bulleted lists as I go. I've just started using Mathematica and would like to do the same in its Notebooks, but it doesn't look like it has that ...
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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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Are there suitable versioning systems for Mathematica notebooks?
I am considering a project using Mathematica and openCL. I know that the openCL C source code can be tracked.
Has anyone used a versioning site or software so multiple developers can modify a common ...
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Determine page count programmatically [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Generating a table of contents
By selecting File > Printing Settings > Headers and Footers from the menu, I am able to enter << Total Pages >> to print the total ...
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Importing RSS to Notebook: How to get images instead of long ugly links?
This question on importing news headlines via a RSS feed reminded me of an old question I've been meaning to ask.
Past attempts at finding a use for Mathematica's RSS to Notebook capabilities were ...
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Saving a notebook as a $\LaTeX$ file, with syntax highlighting preserved
How can I save a notebook as a $\LaTeX$ file, while preserving the syntax highlighting (such as input/output boxes)?
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How can I delete cells with error messages?
I'm new to Mathematica and am unfamiliar with the notebook interface. I haven't been able to delete cells with error messages.
For example, when I try to ask Mathematica to compute something, it ...
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Split panes to compare a single notebook's code & aid navigation & usability [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Open two copies of the same notebook
As my question on docking palettes had a workable solution, I thought I'd ask another from the Meta discussion: A wishlist for ...
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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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Derivatives in scripts [closed]
I have consistently been harrowed by this tiny issue.
When I Try to run my Mathematica script, I get this error message:
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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 there a convenient/automatic way of uploading a notebook into SE?
This post discusses how to streamline the other way - extracting code from a fragmented and longish SE answer but I imagine a two-way workflow like:
Fashion an answer/question in an SE-templated ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
