Re: A new graphic user interface
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- Subject: [mg111733] Re: A new graphic user interface
- From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:25:52 -0400 (EDT)
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Murray,
I totally agree with these 3 "requirements". There is nothing more
disheartening to a student who is new to Mathematica that to have the last
hour's work disappear for reasons that are not even clear. I have gotten
in the habit of saving often ("save early, save often"). I have a number
of calculations that can take a lot of memory, and if this gets too big,
it can crash Mathematica with ensuing wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Kevin
Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> The main issues, from my point of view are simply to ensure:
>
> (1) if Mathematica crashes, you only lose the past so-many minutes work; and
>
> (2) you can readily retrieve earlier versions of a notebook;
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> (3) and take care of all this directly from within Mathematica.
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> Of course one uses other backup tools to back up whole folders,
> partitions, or drives.
>