Re: Setting global InputAutoReplacements
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- Subject: [mg105160] Re: [mg105083] Setting global InputAutoReplacements
- From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:50:05 -0500 (EST)
- Reply-to: jfultz at wolfram.com
Format->Edit Stylesheet...
Paste the cell I included. For a single notebook, you're done.
Click Install in the toolbar. Choose a filename and install it. That name will
now show up in the Stylesheets menu. Choose that stylesheet and it works.
Or, choose the name of an existing stylesheet (like Default.nb). This will,
unfortunately require a restart of M-- to see it, but now it works for all
notebooks using that stylesheet.
These are much better than editing a stylesheet inside of the installation
directory, a procedure I don't encourage.
Sincerely,
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.
On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:23:16 -0500, Leo Alekseyev wrote:
> John, much thanks for the quick reply. Allow me to elaborate, for the
> benefits of whoever might be interested in setting up replacement
> aliases (I think they are very handy!)
>
> First, back up the existing Core.nb.
> Then, open the options inspector, select "Core.nb" from the first
> drop-down box, and under Notebook Options -> File Options select
> "Editable" and Saveable" (in that order). Then in Core.nb expand
> the last item, "Styles for Mathematica System-specific Elements" and
> then expand "FormatType Styles". Find local definitions for
> StandardForm .
>
> At this point you could try fiddling with InputAutoReplacements via
> the options inspector , but this results in an error (at least for
> me). So what you need to do is open Core.nb in a text editor, search
> for the line Cell[StyleData["StandardForm"], and add custom
> replacement (as per John's instruction). Alternatively, select the
> cell, go to Edit->Copy As cell expression, paste it in a text editor
> somewhere, make the necessary modifications, paste the cell expression
> back (interpreting it) and delete the old cell. You are done!
>
> I hope this procedure is made easier in future versions :)
>
>
>> This particular option isn't as easy to figure out or set as I'd like.
>> Two
>> clarifications...
>>
>> ParentList represents the ones which have been inherited from the
>> notebook level
>> (which, in this case, actually refers to replacements that are set
>> globally
>> throughout the system).
>>
>> And the settings for "->", ":>", etc., are actually set in the
>> StandardForm
>> style, not the Input style.
>>
>> So, to add the "abc"->"123' replacement, you'd add a StandardForm style
>> cell to
>> your stylesheet as follows...
>>
>> Cell[StyleData["StandardForm"],
>> InputAutoReplacements->{
>> "abc" -> "123", "->" -> "\[Rule]", ":>" -> "\[RuleDelayed]", "<=" ->
>> "\[LessEqual]", ">=" -> "\[GreaterEqual]", "!=" -> "\[NotEqual]",
>> "==" -> "\[Equal]", ParentList}]
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> John Fultz
>> jfultz at wolfram.com
>> User Interface Group
>> Wolfram Research, Inc.