I know I can create a new kernel for my notebook from the evaluation menu but is there a command for this? I'd really like some of my notebooks to startup their own kernel as the first line of code.
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1$\begingroup$ closely related $\endgroup$ – Kuba♦ Mar 12 '14 at 21:24
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Ok, so first of all you have to be aware that number of kernels you can use is limited by license.
You can go now to Evaluation -> Kernel Configuration Options and create a new one, let's say "Kuba". It will stay on the list for future too.
Now you just need to evaluate in your notebook:
SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], Evaluator -> "Kuba"]
and this option will be saved in it too so no need to evaluate that line each time.
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2$\begingroup$ And if you want to set the Kernel Configuration Options using commands per WRI tech support you can use the undocumented EvaluatorNames option. For example SetOptions[$FrontEnd, EvaluatorNames -> {"Local" -> {"AutoStartOnLaunch" -> True}, "Kuba" -> {"AppendNameToCellLabel" -> True, "AutoStartOnLaunch" -> False}}] $\endgroup$ – David Creech Aug 10 '16 at 15:29
