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 to easily find location of hidden characters that causes hard to find syntax error in notebook?
For last 30 minutes (and I was lucky today, sometimes I spend 5 times as much time) I have been removing code little by little from my large one cell, (have to be one cell, it is Manipulate demo ...
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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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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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Notebook[] vs. DocumentNotebook[]; display a Notebook[] inline, like a DocumentNotebook[]
If you evaluate a DocumentNotebook[] expression in the front-end, it nicely displays inline, inside of an output cell in the current notebook:
For my purposes, ...
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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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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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How to avoid spaces between numbers when displaying TagBox(es)
The instruction :
DisplayForm[RowBox[List[0,1,Superscript[2,3],Superscript[1,2],a]]]
displays a gap between the first two items of the list
but if one is ...
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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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Customizing the Screen Environment
Is it possible to make Mathematica notebooks as stylish as this below with custom backgrounds and predictive text coloring? As shown in the snippet below? And possibly have the option to save the ...
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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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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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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 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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Setting up TextStyle with initialization cells in Mathematica 6+
It used to be quite straightforward to change the default settings of a notebook in terms of inputs, outputs, text styles and font sizes in previous versions of Mathematica using initialization cells ...
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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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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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Cell brackets on left side?
Is it possible to have the cell brackets on the left? I looked through the options and couldn't find anything, but maybe it's some kind of esoteric style setting or something.
The reason I'm looking ...
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How can I make a cell that contains an image which can be shifted?
When you look at some help pages, they may have cells containing images which are movable within the cell when you left-click and drag the mouse.
Here is a sample: ...
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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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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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How do I view initialization (or other invisible) cells in a notebook?
I am looking at someone else's notebook, and when I go to evaluate it, it asks whether I want to evaluate the initialization cells. I would like to look at them first, but "I do not see them here nor ...
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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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Building documentation with interactive examples in Wolfram Mathematica
There are interactive examples in the documentation in Wolfram Mathematica. Thus to compile them we just need Shift+Enter. I want to develop such examples for functions from my own package, how can I ...
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How to pipe a stream to another notebook?
Can I pipe an OutputStream object created by OpenWrite (or similar) to a notebook instead of a file? I am aware that I can use ...
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Inheriting Stylesheets when using CreateDocument
I build a lot of presentations and custom notebooks with very different stylesheets, and use Button and CreateDocument quite ...
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How to see the 'source code' of DockedCells? ALT: How to 'show expression' of DockedCell?
Here is a CDF file with the dockedcells toolbar (at the top). I'm trying to see how he created and positioned the logo, the formatting buttons, table of contents, etc, through a source code of it, but ...
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ClearAll just for current notebook
So in my search to fine tune Mathematica to what works for me, I found a nice setting that helps separate variable declaration between notebooks. Under Global Preferences, searching for CellContext ...
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How to copy code out of notebook to an external text editor without extra line feeds being added?
I am simply trying to copy code from a cell (input cell) in a notebook, to paste the code into a plain text editor, and not have some lines wrap in the middle.
I need to copy the code, as is, to a ...
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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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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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Some way to identify the source of a notebook file?
Is there a way to tell where a Mathematica file came from, meaning some type of machine ID (yes, I know about $MachineID). I want to be able to identify students ...
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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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When are EvaluationNotebook[] and ButtonNotebook[] different?
I am looking for a concrete code example where EvaluationNotebook[] and ButtonNotebook[] will return different results.
The ...
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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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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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Converting a notebook to plain text programmatically
It is possible to export a notebook to plain text format (practically just extracting all the text from it and discarding formatting) using the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Is there a callback for notebook exit?
I know that $Epilog is called when Mathematica is exited; is there a callback upon exiting the notebook? If so, what is it?
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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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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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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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Security of Mathematica Demonstrations
Apologies if this is overly paranoid.
I recently discovered the Wolfram Demonstrations Project and intend to play with them to understand some of the power of Mathematica.
I have one slight concern: ...
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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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Embedding Mathematica Console into a Java/.NET Application [duplicate]
I enjoy using Mathematica's notebook interfaces, but more specifically the autocompletion in each notebook.
I'm in need of a way to put tons of Mathematica windows on the same page.
It would be an ...
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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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How do I force columns in a Grid to be equally spaced?
Suppose that I have this table tab, which I display using Grid. Is it possible to force the columns to be equally spaced? All ...
