Re: Re: Re: Undo in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg105095] Re: [mg105069] Re: [mg105053] Re: Undo in Mathematica
- From: brien colwell <xcolwell at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:41:58 -0500 (EST)
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Just my 2 cents ... the practical lack of undo is one of the major thorns my team has with developing in M. The other major thorns are with the IDE/notebook editor itself, which would benefit from listing the source file and line number where error messages are generated, linking symbols to their source-code declarations, listing available symbols for "smart completion," and tighter integration with the debugger. The Eclipse-based workbench seems a promising replacement for the notebook editor, but my understanding is that the workbench currently is not as interactive as the notebook editor. I am really curious how people develop large libraries in M. John Fultz wrote: > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:23:42 -0500 (EST), David Bailey wrote: > >> 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. >> > > To set the record straight, WRI does not make that claim. > > Sincerely, > > John Fultz > jfultz at wolfram.com > User Interface Group > Wolfram Research, Inc. > > > >> 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 >> > > > > >
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- Re: Re: Undo in Mathematica
- From: John Fultz <jfultz@wolfram.com>
- Re: Re: Undo in Mathematica