Questions related to the Mathematica front-end (graphical user interface).
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Revert Notebook to earlier version using Notebook History
Is it possible to revert a notebook to its earlier version via the Mathematica's Notebook History panel?
It would be nice if I could select a point in time in the bottom graph and revert back to that ...
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How can I determine the hyperlink of a currently opened documentation page programmatically?
Every pages in the documentation has a hyperlink. Here are some examples:
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Automatically close Mathematica
It seems there are a lot of related topics but I haven't found an answer.
I want to automatically quit Mathematica after some procedures are done but dialog window appears:
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Does one need to be careful about loading multiple (many) contexts or packages in the same session?
I have a number of large pieces of precomputed data which I am considering putting into individual packages in order to load them (via DeclarePackage) and unload ...
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After modifying expression, new result doesn't replace old one
After I modify and re-evaluate an expression, the new result doesn't replace the old one. Rather, what happens is that the old result gets pushed down and Mathematica displays the current result at ...
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Something is wrong with “Information”
When a new session of kernel is started, searching for help with "?" question mark in notebook goes well, for example
But after some time, it becomes
I have no idea what I did that caused this ...
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Hide both input cell and output cell
You can double-click the right gutter of a input cell to hide a corresponding output cell or double-click the gutter of the output cell to hide the input cell.
I would like to hide both the input and ...
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Set a path relative to $UserBaseDirectory in the option inspector
Is there a way to set a setting in the option inspector to a path that is relative to some global Mathematica variable?
I'm trying to set up a default stylesheet by setting ...
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Input alias having a place holder which gets selected when the alias is used
If one executes the following code
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How to format usage messages such that function templates are parsed correctly?
Is it possible to format usage messages (with italic arguments etc) such that Mathematica 9 still parses function templates correctly?
For example, plain usage messages work when pressing ...
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How to open/close all collapsed/open cells?
Is there a way to open/close all collapsed/open cells? The reason is for a long notebook, it is convenient to see all the section and subsection headings at once.
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Unable to save changes in Option Inspector from one session to another for the Documentation Center
I wanted to change the global option "WindowsSize" to the "large" value using the Option Inspector. It works well for the current session. But then I realize the "Apply" button was greyed and not ...
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Predictive interface eats my Esc key
After updating to version 9, I found the predict interface very helpful except there is a small problem always annoying me:
Consider this:
I have a list ...
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Ugly font rendering (ubuntu 12, overrides system settings)
Mathematica 9 on Ubuntu 12 renders fonts very poorly.
Text is readable, but it makes it very hard to concentrate on programming.
Since smoothing on Ubuntu on low DPI screens isn't very good either, ...
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What is the real default CellEvaluationFunction?
The default CellEvaluationFunction is Identity but one can quickly see that this is handled specially as an equivalent function, ...
