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Re: Baffled by notebook history

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• Subject: [mg121983] Re: Baffled by notebook history
• From: David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 05:32:08 -0400 (EDT)
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The notebook History feature can get quite bogged down when there are
many cells in a notebook.  It is really only somewhat useful.  This is
mainly because it is processing the entire notebook history via a
Dynamic....

There was a NotebookDiff function in the AuthorTools package.  The
AuthorTools package is still shipped in Mathematica, but it is rather
old and is not exposed by default.

However execute

Needs["AuthorTools`"]

and you will get access to the NotenookDiff funciton.  To see all the
functions in AuthorTools you can now execute

?AuthorTools`*`*

Of course, since AuthorTooks is quite old, various things in it may
not work as well (or at all) in M8 as they did in M5.

Hope this helps,

David


 Oct 7, 5:03 am, Ralph Dratman <ralph.drat... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Despite several attempts of various kinds, I have not  been successful
> in using the Notebook History feature. Usually I can't even get the
> drag handles to do much dragging. They seem to be stuck at least half
> the time. I am using Mac OS.
>
> The Wolfram documentation that I've found is unilluminating to my (no
> doubt inadequate) mental apparatus.
>
> While I would not expect a tutorial to be given on the subject via
> email, I'm hoping someone can refer me to more information.
>
> Alternatively, the actual capabilities I need are simple: is there a
> viable diff process between two notebooks, either within Mathematica
> or via the OS?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Ralph