Re: Launch notebook in FE and evaluate it immediately
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- Subject: [mg92360] Re: Launch notebook in FE and evaluate it immediately
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:06:22 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gbmpnr$i4e$1@smc.vnet.net>
Szabolcs Horv=E1t wrote:
> Is there a way to launch the front end and instruct it to do something
> *immediately*, without any user intervention? For example, evaluate a
> notebook using the default kernel.
>
> Is there a way to do this, perhaps with a command line option?
>
> I know that this can be done with the kernel, but I would like to use
> the Front End---more specifically I would like to diff two notebooks
> using AuthorTools's NotebookDiff function.
>
This might be classed as a kludge, but it worked for me. Place the
output cell from the following at the front of your notebook:
Dynamic[Refresh[
If[! ValueQ[alreadyDone],
alreadyDone = True;
SelectionMove[SelectedNotebook[], All, Notebook];
SelectionEvaluate[SelectedNotebook[]]
], UpdateInterval -> 1
]
]
At first sight this would appear to fail for lengthy evaluations because
of the time limit on calculations triggered by dynamic. However, the
evaluation is queued and the Refresh finishes rapidly. I tested this by
simulating a lengthy program with a cell containing:
DialogInput["Testing"]
This will normally run out of time if executed as part of a Dynamic.
Of course, there may be a much better, non-kludge way of doing this!
David Bailey
http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk