Re: Re: Re: Documentation Center
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- Subject: [mg79884] Re: [mg79852] Re: [mg79838] Re: [mg79791] Documentation Center
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 04:45:20 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
On a Mac the following line has a line break that splits a Map ( /@ ). After removing the line break it runs fine.
StringTake[#, {StringPosition[#, $PathnameSeparator][[-1, 1]] +
1, -4}], #} &/
@fn;
Bob Hanlon
---- Tim Brophy <timbrophy at mac.com> wrote:
> Hi Selwyn,
>
> Still won't work on my Intel Mac OSX 10.4.10 with Mathematica Version
> 6.0.1.0
>
> Tim Brophy
>
>
> On 6 Aug 2007, at 08:39, Selwyn Hollis wrote:
>
> > Thanks for posting this. It wouldn't work on my Mac, so I fixed that
> > and did a bit of tidying-up so that it runs without squawking or
> > showing the notebooks that are opened and so that section title links
> > are in the right font and have spaces between words.
> >
> > - Selwyn Hollis
> >
> >
> > fn = FileNames[
> > "*Overview.nb", ToFileName[{$InstallationDirectory ,
> > "Documentation", "English", "System", "Tutorials"}]];
> > (*Find "Overview.nb" files in the tutorials-directory*)
> > nameList = {StringTake[#,
> > {StringPosition[#, $PathnameSeparator][[-1, 1]] +1,-12}],
> > "paclet:tutorial/" <>
> > StringTake[#,
> > {StringPosition[#, $PathnameSeparator][[-1, 1]] +1,-4}], #}&/
> > @fn;
> > (*create a list of strings needed for future code*)
> > Do[nameList[[i, 1]] =
> > "New: " <> nameList[[i, 1]], {i, {3,6,7,8,18,28,29,40,41,46,48}}];
> > (* mark the chapter not present in v5.2 with "New: "*)
> > orderOfChapters = {{36, 3, 8, 31, 4, 47, 1, 39, 32, 14, 20, 16, 18,
> > 17, 11, 43}, {10, 13, 35, 48, 22, 45, 9, 27, 38, 42, 44, 23,
> > 12,
> > 26, 15, 40, 41}, {30, 25, 2, 21, 5, 7, 37, 19, 33, 34, 28,
> > 29, 6,
> > 46, 24}};
> > (*The file list is alphabetical-this is the order in which the \
> > chapters should appear*)
> > structure = Table[nameList[[i]], {k, 3}, {i, orderOfChapters[[k]]}];
> > (*needed for the code further down-represents the structure of the \
> > Mathematica book*)
> > mainChapters = {"A Practical Introduction to Mathematica",
> > "Principles of Mathematica",
> > "Advanced Mathematics in Mathematica"};
> > (*The three main headings*)
> > d[x_] := Module[{sectitle = StringReplace[StringReplace[First[x],
> > {l1_?LowerCaseQ ~~ l2_?UpperCaseQ :> l1 <> " " <> l2}],
> > {" And " -> " and ", " Of " -> " of ", " In " -> " in ",
> > " The " -> " the ", " For " -> " for "}]},
> > Cell[
> > BoxData[TagBox[
> > ButtonBox[
> > PaneSelectorBox[{False -> sectitle,
> > True -> StyleBox[sectitle, "HyperlinkActive"]},
> > Dynamic[CurrentValue["MouseOver"]],
> > BaselinePosition -> Baseline, FrameMargins -> 0,
> > ImageSize -> Automatic],
> > BaseStyle -> {"Link", "Subsection"},
> > ButtonData -> x[[2]], ButtonNote -> x[[2]] ],
> > Annotation[#, x[[2]], "Hyperlink"] &]], "Subsection",
> > CellDingbat -> None, ShowGroupOpener -> True,
> > CellMargins -> {{36, 0}, {2, 7}}] ]
> > (*Cell representing a hyperlink to the "...Overview.nb" files*)
> > nb = NotebookPut[];
> > SetOptions[nb, StyleDefinitions -> "Book/Textbook.nb"];
> > NotebookWrite[
> > nb, {Cell["The Virtual Mathematica Book (v6)", "Title"],
> > Cell["A collection of links to the tutorials present in the \
> > Mathematica 6.0 Documentation Center, arranged in the order of \
> > chapters in \"The Mathematica Book\".", "Text",
> > CellMargins -> {{27, 0}, Inherited}] } ];
> > Do[NotebookWrite[nb, Cell[mainChapters[[k]], "Section"] ];
> > Do[NotebookWrite[nb, d[i]];
> > With[{nb1 = NotebookOpen[i[[3]], Visible -> False ]},
> > NotebookFind[nb1, "TOCChapter", All, CellStyle];
> > NotebookWrite[nb, NotebookRead[nb1] //.
> > "TOCChapter" -> Sequence @@
> > {"Text", CellMargins -> {{48, 0}, Inherited}}];
> > NotebookClose[nb1]], {i, structure[[k]]}], {k, 3}];
> > SelectionMove[nb, All, Notebook]; FrontEndExecute[
> > FrontEndToken["SelectionCloseAllGroups"]];
> > FrontEndExecute[ FrontEndToken["OpenCloseGroup"]];
> > (*Creates the Mathematica Book.The With[...] block in the middle \
> > opens an "Overview.nb" file,extracts the embedded hyperlinks,and \
> > prints those into the Mathematica Book as well.*)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Aug 4, 2007, at 6:00 AM, thomas wrote:
> >
> >> Many users on this discussion group have complained about the absence
> >> of "The Mathematica Book" in the new Documentation Center; mainly
> >> because of a missing linear introductory text of Mathematica which
> >> was
> >> present in the old Help system.
> >>
> >> I completely agree. However, I noticed that the various tutorial
> >> files
> >> in the Documentation center contain the text of "The Book". What is
> >> really missing is the outline. So I decided to build my own do-it-
> >> yourself version of the book. It turned out to be quite simple,
> >> thanks
> >> to the ingenious naming rules of the tutorial files (all main chapter
> >> TOC files end with "...Overview.nb".)
> >>
> >> The following code opens a new notebook, and prints a collection of
> >> hyperlinks to Documentation Center tutorials, laid out in the
> >> order of
> >> the good old Mathematica book. Simply execute the code and save the
> >> notebook for your own use. There are 11 chapters that I could not
> >> find
> >> in "The Mathematica Book" of the v5.2 Help system, I integrated them
> >> in an order that seemed most appropriate to me. The are marked by
> >> "New: ".
> >>
> >> Note that this link collection does not contain links to all
> >> tutorials. For example, no links to the "Manipulate" tutorials exist.
> >> Neither are the packages represented.
> >>
> >> Also be warned that the code opens help files to extract hyperlinks
> >> for incorporation in "The Book", and closes them again. Lots of
> >> windows appearing and disappearing on the screen. There will also be
> >> warnings and a "beeps" popping up because of a mismatch in cell
> >> styles, which you can ignore. Everything works fine despite the
> >> mismatch. At the end, just close the "Why the beep" dialog box.
> >>
> >> Here is the code that you need to execute to build your own book in
> >> v6.0.x:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> I hope that you might find this as helpful as I do!
> >>
> >> Happy clicking,
> >> Thomas
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>