BradleyAshby/ NotebookWorkspaces

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Workspaces for auto-saving and quickly switching between sets of notebooks

Contributed by: Bradley Ashby

Notebook Workspaces started as an auto-save script for notebooks and grew to incorporate a way to organize notebooks into named spaces, similar to using different 'desktops' or 'spaces' to organize open windows.

Installation Instructions

To install this paclet in your Wolfram Language environment, evaluate this code:
PacletInstall["BradleyAshby/NotebookWorkspaces"]

To load the code after installation, evaluate this code:
Needs["BradleyAshby`NotebookWorkspaces`"]

Details

Notebook Workspaces will automatically save open notebooks on a schedule, including "Untitled" notebooks.

A general workspace is provided for notebooks that will be shared across all workspaces.

Notebooks saved to a file can be shared between specific workspaces. Except when using the general space, unsaved notebooks are specific to each workspace.

Notebook Workspaces is primarily palette-driven, though many functions are also available for programmatic use.

Paclet Guide

After installing this paclet, access the NotebookWorkspacesPalette from the Palettes menu.

Workspaces tab

The Workspaces tab is where you can do the main functions of creating, loading, saving, and closing workspaces.
The name of the current workspace is shown at the top.

Save notebooks

Does the obvious thing. It saves all notebooks that are not system* notebooks or on the excluded list (managed on the Configuration tab).

Close workspace

Saves all open notebooks, as above, the closes any notebook that is not part of the General space.

Load workspace

Saves and closes all notebooks in the current workspace, then opens the notebooks for the selected workspace. If there is no current workspace, it just opens the selected workspace.

Save to new workspace

Prompts the user to give a name for the new workspace, then saves the current state as a workspace with that name. This is the primary way to create a new workspace, or can duplicate the existing workspace.

*System notebooks, as used here, are located in

$BaseDirectory

$InstallationDirectory

, or

$UserBasePacletsDirectory

General space tab

The General space is a set of notebooks that will remain open as you switch workspaces. These notebooks will be auto saved when any workspace is saved. If they're not already open, notebooks belonging to the general space will be opened when Loading any workspace.

Click the notebook name to select that notebook. Click the 'x' to remove it from the General space, allowing it to be managed as a notebook in the current workspace instead.

Configuration tab

Shows the current configuration options for Notebook Workspaces.

Base save directory

The location where Notebook Workspaces stores its files and unsaved notebooks. When changing this location, any exiting files are copied to the new location. Clicking the directory will open it for inspection.

Default workspace name

The name of the workspace used in some functions like

LoadWorkspace

if no workspace name is provided.

Save frequency

How often to autosave open notebooks.

Configure Excluded Notebooks

Manage excluded notebooks here. Some notebooks, like the Messages window, cannot be added using the 'Add selected notebook' button. Use the

AddToExcludedNotebooks

function in these cases.

Examples

Basic Examples

Publisher

Bradley Ashby

Disclosures

Local files
Wolfram Language system configuration
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Compatibility

Wolfram Language Version 13.1

Version History

1.2.0 – 30 October 2024
1.1.1 – 29 October 2024
1.1.0 – 21 June 2023
1.0.0 – 21 April 2023
0.8.0 – 02 November 2022
0.7.1 – 19 October 2022
0.7.0 – 18 October 2022

License Information

MIT License

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