Re: Re: Undo in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg105091] Re: [mg105053] Re: Undo in Mathematica
- From: Yuri Kandrashkin <spinalgebra at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:41:13 -0500 (EST)
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Sometimes when I need to save changes during the edition of the document I use the "preserving" function of the Sidebar tools. This is not a real multiple UNDO but it helps me to return to the previous changes. The package is available at http://sites.google.com/site/qstate/ 2009/11/19 David Bailey <dave at removedbailey.co.uk> > fd wrote: > > All, > > > > I was wondering if and how I could do any useful "undo" in > > Mathematica. The one I get from the edit menu just allows me to undo > > the last step (if it is not evaluated). This is pretty unsatisfactory, > > even more for a program with this complexity. > > > > I've tried navigating in the Option Inspector without luck, maybe > > someone found something? > > > > > > F. > > > > > WRI claim that a general (multi-level) undo is impractical in notebooks > because of the complexity of the environment and potential size of the > files, but I would claim they could do a LOT better than the current > scheme. > > For example, the could restrict the UNDO mechanism to cells that are not > generated (i.e. not output), and possibly the undo stack would only go > back as far as the previous evaluation. > > I would have thought a multi-level undo is pretty vital in an > interactive program! > > David Bailey > http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk > > -- Sincerely, Yuri Kandrashkin, PhD
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- From: David Bailey <dave@removedbailey.co.uk>
- Re: Undo in Mathematica