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Re: Bare Bones Backup Button

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  • Subject: [mg77581] Re: [mg77536] Bare Bones Backup Button
  • From: DrMajorBob <drmajorbob at bigfoot.com>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:34:25 -0400 (EDT)
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  • Reply-to: drmajorbob at bigfoot.com
That works, but it maks no sense for two reasons:

1) Documentation says Saveable->True is the default, and

2) judging from its behavior, the option should be  =

"SaveableWithoutMovingItFirst->True".

Bobby

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:55:48 -0500, Selwyn Hollis <sh2.7183 at earthlink.ne=
t>  =

wrote:

> Bobby,
>
> Thanks again for the Windows repairs. On the saveability issue, wrap  =

> SetOptions around it with the option Saveable->True.
>
> -Selwyn
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2007, at 4:58 AM, DrMajorBob wrote:
>
>> That doesn't work in Windows ($HomeDirectory is read-only, among othe=
r  =

>> things), but this does:
>>
>> CreatePalette[{Button["Bare Bones Backup",
>>     Module[{filename, thisnb = InputNotebook[]},
>>      If[thisnb =!= $Failed,
>>       CreateDirectory[
>>        ToFileName[{$UserBaseDirectory, "MathBackups"}]];
>>       filename =
>>        StringJoin[
>>         StringReplace[(WindowTitle /. AbsoluteOptions[thisnb]),
>>          s_ ~~ ".nb" -> s], "_",
>>         StringJoin[ToString /@ Round /@ Rest[Date[]]], ".nb"];
>>       Export[
>>        ToFileName[{$UserBaseDirectory, "MathBackups"}, filename],
>>        DeleteCases[NotebookGet[thisnb], Cell[_, "Output", ___],
>>         Infinity]]]]]}];
>>
>> Execute the code, and it creates the palette. Now... and this is  =

>> dumb... grab the palette and move it. Then close it, and Mathematica =
 =

>> asks if you want to save the palette.
>>
>> If you DON'T move it, there's no way (I can find) to save the palette=
.  =

>> Using Selwyn's CreateDocument version, even moving the palette doesn'=
t  =

>> work.
>>
>> I discovered the needed changes by trial and error; the documentation=
  =

>> was no help at all. There are dozens of palette and notebook creation=
  =

>> examples, but none of them (that I could find) show how to save the  =

>> result.
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:23:53 -0500, Selwyn Hollis  =

>> <sh2.7183 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> This is something I've wanted for years. Click the button, and a cop=
y
>>> of the current InputNotebook -- with output cells deleted -- is
>>> Exported into a backup folder in your $HomeDirectory.
>>>
>>> CreateDocument[PaletteNotebook[
>>> Button["Bare Bones Backup",
>>>     Module[{filename, thisnb = InputNotebook[]},
>>>      If[thisnb =!= $Failed,
>>>       CreateDirectory[ToFileName[{$HomeDirectory, "MathBackups"}]];
>>>       filename =  StringJoin[
>>>         StringReplace[(WindowTitle /. AbsoluteOptions[thisnb]),
>>>          s_ ~~ ".nb" -> s], "_",
>>>           StringJoin[ToString /@ Round /@ Rest[Date[]]], ".nb"];
>>>       Export[ToFileName[{$HomeDirectory, "MathBackups"}, filename],
>>>        DeleteCases[NotebookGet[thisnb], Cell[_, "Output", ___],
>>> Infinity]]
>>>       ] ] ] ] ]
>>>
>>> (Button is new to 6, but the function inside Button should work fine=

>>> in 5.2.)
>>>
>>> I've got a version of this that runs automatically every 15 minutes
>>> (you can change the interval, of course). Anyone who's interested
>>> should let me know.
>>>
>>> Selwyn Hollis
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com
>
>



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