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Mathematica Tools

This is a collection of basic Mathematica tools, generally implemented as one-off packages.

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NotebookTabbing

This is a package that provides a tabbed notebook interface. Load it like so:

Get["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/b3m2a1/mathematica-tools/master/NotebookTabbing.wl"]

Here’s a sample usage:

test1=CreateDocument["Input"];
SetDockedTabs[test1,
 Table[i->i,{i,3}]
 ];

An example can be found in [Tabbing Example.nb](Tabbing Example.nb)

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Paclet Installation

This is functionality developed to put in my PackageData.net Service Connection . It provides auto-installation of packages, especially from GitHub or the Wolfram Library Archive.

Load it like so:

Get["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/b3m2a1/mathematica-tools/master/PackageDataPacletInstall.m"]

Then use it like so:

PDInstallPaclet["https://github.com/szhorvat/MaTeX"]

(*Out:*)

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Block Builder

This is a little block-programming interface, first introduced in this StackExchange answer . Load it like so:

Get["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/b3m2a1/mathematica-tools/master/BlockBuilder.m"]

And use it like this

BlockBuilder[]

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File Browser

This is a file browser, built kinda like the Finder on a Mac computer. A more sophisticated version is in BTools. Load it like so:

Get["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/b3m2a1/mathematica-tools/master/FileBrowser.wl"]

You can use it like so:

FileBrowser[Directory[]];
(*Loads a sidebar pre-populated with $HomeDirectory and friends*)
FileBrowser[Directory[],
 Function->Print
 ];
(*Prints files instead of opening them on double-click*)
FileBrowser[BTools`$AppDirectory,
 {$InstallationDirectory, $BaseDirectory, $UserBaseDirectory}
 ]
(*Loads a different root directory and sidebar*)

(*Out:*)

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OldHelpBrowser

Creates an old-style (pre-Version 6) help browser. Also includes a search function. Builds an index of all existing documentation pages. Load it like so:

Get["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/b3m2a1/mathematica-tools/master/OldHelpBrowser.wl"]

Then use it like so:

OpenHelpBrowser[CurrentValue[HomePage] (* Optional. Blank will open faster. *)]

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NotebookObject[FrontEndObject[LinkObject["36tt4_shm", 3, 1]], 681]

It also implements documentation search:

HelpPagesSearch[
 {
  "type"->"Symbol",
  "title"->"*My*"
  },
 True
 ]

(*Out:*)

Clicking on one of those links will open the browser