[Date Index] [Thread Index] [Author Index]

Re: Attaching a notebook to a message

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg129342] Re: Attaching a notebook to a message
• From: Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net>
• Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 00:34:54 -0500 (EST)
• Delivered-to: l-mathgroup@mail-archive0.wolfram.com
• Delivered-to: l-mathgroup@wolfram.com
• Delivered-to: mathgroup-newout@smc.vnet.net
• Delivered-to: mathgroup-newsend@smc.vnet.net

On 1/5/13 at 2:20 AM, dave at removedbailey.co.uk (David Bailey) wrote:

>I suddenly realised that there is (probably) a way to attach a
>notebook to a message here! The trick is to compress the expression
>which is the notebook:

>Compress[NotebookGet[nb]]

>For example:

<example snipped>

>Since Compress only uses printable ASCII characters, hopefully if
>you paste the above string into a notebook and perform:

>string//Uncompress//NotebookPut

>This is really a test to discover if this survives the posting
>process!

This is a rather intriguing idea. I am not sure how useful it
will ultimately be. But it does work rather nicely.