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work with graphics and output in a different notebook from the one containing your code

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  • Subject: [mg55557] work with graphics and output in a different notebook from the one containing your code
  • From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
  • Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:20:04 -0500 (EST)
  • Reply-to: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Have you ever wanted to output graphics or maybe all output cells to
another notebook while you're doing your analyses?

You might want to do this if you:

magnify (Format -> Magnification)  your working notebook to avoid eye
strain, but need to know what your plots will look like in other
applications

are annoyed by the "notebook length changes" that happen when
reevaluating a long notebook

Below, you will find code (not a package) to send output and graphics
to another notebook.

Notes:

targetnb is the target notebook object. It is not Saveable by default.

send will send output to targetnb.

blockgraphics will block graphics output

bsgraphics will block and send graphics to targetnb

Examples:

"hello there"//send

Plot[x^2,{x,0,3}]//bsgraphics

I owe thanks to David Park for his code in the MathGroup post located
at the following url:
http://forums.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/2001/Jul/msg00150.html

(***************Code*****************)
If[MemberQ[Notebooks[],targetnb],,targetnb=NotebookCreate[Saveable->False]];
send=NotebookWrite[targetnb,Cell[BoxData[ToBoxes[#],"Output"]]]&;
sendgraphics=
    NotebookWrite[targetnb,
        Cell[GraphicsData["PostScript",DisplayString[#]],"Graphics"]]&;
Attributes[blockgraphics]={HoldAll};
blockgraphics[plot_]:=Block[{$DisplayFunction=Identity},plot];
Attributes[bsgraphics]={HoldAll};
bsgraphics[plot_]:=sendgraphics@blockgraphics@plot
(***************End*****************)

Regards,

Tips for improvement are welcome!
-- 
Chris Chiasson
Kettering University
Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Student
1 810 265 3161


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