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