mathematica-frontend Questions
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Update Mr Wizard's answer gives pixel-perfect results, but it is Windows-only and destroys the clipboard contents. My answer should work on any platform, but it's less precise: e.g. it omits In/Out...
Ideally asked 2/12, 2011 at 8:53
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This question comes from the recent question "Correct way to cap Mathematica memory use?"
I wonder, is it possible to programmatically restart MathKernel keeping the current FrontEnd process conne...
Overtrick asked 23/10, 2011 at 6:7
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When it comes to Chinese characters, I am unable to get the Front End of Mathematica to use the fonts of my choice. How can I get it to use the fonts I need?
Here I provide two screenshots to show...
Militiaman asked 2/5, 2011 at 12:47
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A keyboard shortcut to comment/uncomment out a piece of code is common in other programming IDE's for languages like Java, .Net. I find it a very useful technique when experimenting through trial a...
Noblesse asked 9/4, 2011 at 11:47
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Is there a way to start up a mathematica front end (GUI) from a (Windows) command prompt and have it eval a notebook without further user action?
even though mathematica.exe takes the -run and -in...
Hanshansard asked 14/9, 2011 at 21:25
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Is there a way to create and edit notebooks (sequences of cells) in a tabbed interface? Could such an interface be made with TabView or some other tool? I assume this would be possible if I made a ...
Whetstone asked 8/1, 2012 at 15:33
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EDIT: Just a confirmation whether you can reproduce this or not would be useful. Only a single computer is needed to try this (no remote connection necessary).
Update It seems other can't reproduc...
Smollett asked 3/1, 2012 at 18:56
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How can I detect if a front end token is available to execute? Alternately, how can I detect if a front end token failed to execute?
Example: the Edit -> Copy command is not available if nothing i...
Stouthearted asked 1/1, 2012 at 18:53
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How can we evaluate a Mathematica notebook from the command line (i.e. when running the kernel in command line mode)?
Suppose we're working on a remote machine. I know it is possible to convert t...
Plash asked 28/12, 2011 at 14:43
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I am experimenting with logo designs in Mathematica (8 or above) using the notebook interface and I want to change the generating formula A LOT. The problem is I only know SHIFT + ENTER which makes...
Selfknowledge asked 12/12, 2011 at 19:0
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I was amazed when I found that Mathematica gives True for the following code (on 32 bit Windows XP with Mathematica 8.0.1):
Rasterize[Graphics[{RGBColor[0, 0, 0], Disk[]}]] ===
Rasterize[Graphic...
Apprehensible asked 15/10, 2011 at 20:7
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Occasionally it would be preferable to have some initialization code for palettes (of buttons). For example, it could define some functions that are used by palette buttons.
What is the easiest an...
Catechize asked 28/10, 2011 at 10:11
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Could anyone point out why this is not working in Mathematica 8:
DynamicModule[{x = Pink},
Row[
{Style["Hello", x],
Mouseover[
x = Green; "World",
x = Blue; "World"]}]]
What I expect is to ...
Grampositive asked 29/11, 2011 at 22:32
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TortoiseSVN (as well as other Tortoise clients) include a script to diff notebook files in Mathematica. Diff functionality for Mathematica is implemented in the AuthorTools package (perhaps there i...
Gardel asked 29/11, 2011 at 15:28
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This example routine generates two Throw::nocatch warning messages in the kernel window. Can they be handled somehow?
The example consists of this code in a file "test.m" created in C:\Temp:
Need...
Dice asked 2/10, 2011 at 13:3
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I often copy Mathematica code from websites (such as SO) to a notebook. The code usually gets pasted as a single input cell. I'm looking for a simple way to paste it as several input cells for conv...
Collusion asked 7/11, 2011 at 8:42
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Is there a way to disable all input cells in a cell group / section, in a way that is easily reversed later?
My aim is to keep a section of a notebook intact, but prevent it from being evaluated w...
Cryology asked 2/11, 2011 at 17:40
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In Mathematica when your writing to a Text styled cell, if you create an formatted equation, for example pressing "x ctrl_ a", the background color changes while the equation is selected. Does anyo...
Dehydrogenate asked 26/10, 2011 at 1:23
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I have a problem with rendering of Mesh lines on a 3D surface produced by ContourPlot3D in Mathematica 7.0.1:
p=ContourPlot3D[x^4+y^4+z^4-(x^2+y^2+z^2)^2+3(x^2+y^2+z^2)==3,
{x, -2,2}, {y, -2, 2},...
Entrust asked 28/8, 2011 at 6:6
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I created a custom palette, with an ActionMenu that executes ClearAll["Global`*"]. It performs the desired action, but the frontend doesn't instantly update the colors from black to blue (standard)...
Biysk asked 11/8, 2011 at 7:51
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I am looking for a full list of dangerous symbol names that begin with a lowercase letter in Mathematica.
At this moment I know three such names: min, max and lim. These names appear in the Limits...
Oversew asked 10/8, 2011 at 8:52
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In new versions of Mathematica we have fully functional old-fashioned Mathematica Help Browser. But the legacy documentation of version 5 is not included in new versions of Mathematica. This legacy...
Translocate asked 25/4, 2011 at 15:12
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SaveDefinitions is a nice option of Manipulate. It causes Manipulate to store any definitions used for its creation inside the Manipulate panel. A Manipulate made this way can be copied to an empty...
Materfamilias asked 5/7, 2011 at 8:13
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Usage Messages of built-in functions have embedded in-line formatting. For example:
In[1]:= ActionMenu::usage // FullForm
Out[1]//FullForm=
"\!\(\*RowBox[{\"ActionMenu\", \"[\", RowBox[{StyleBox...
Amaryl asked 21/6, 2011 at 2:51
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I do not know if this was asked before or not. Simple formating issue.
I noticed it is sometimes hard to align comments (----) on top of each others. Must be a font type issue. It just looks a litt...
Ellamaeellan asked 15/6, 2011 at 9:23
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