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Use Shortcuts​

Shortcuts drastically improve user experience.

UI Operations​

  • New notebook: Cmd+N, Ctrl+N
  • Open file: Cmd+O, Ctrl+O
  • Save: Cmd+S, Ctrl+S
  • Open command palette: Cmd+P, Ctrl+P
  • Hide/Unhide current cell: Cmd+2, Alt+2
  • Clear outputs: Cmd+U, Alt+U
  • Search inside cell: Cmd+F, Ctrl+F
  • Overlay window (Desktop App only): Shift+Alt+Space

Evaluation​

  • Evaluate: Shift+Enter
  • Abort: Cmd+., Alt+.
  • Evaluate initialization cells: Cmd+I, Alt+I

Cells​

  • Ctrl+/: Make fraction from selection
  • Ctrl+6: Make superscript from selection
  • Ctrl+2: Make square root from selection
  • Ctrl+-: Make subscript from selection
  • Cmd+/ or Alt+/: Comment a line

See more keybindings in the Input cell section.

Keep Folders Organized​

Various functions may produce Iconize objects, used for storing large data chunks, which are saved in the ./.iconized/ folder within the notebook directory. Any dropped images or files are uploaded to the ./attachments/ directory. It's important to maintain a clean folder structure to keep projects organized.

Use NotebookStore for Portability​

To export your notebook as a single editable .html using Static HTML, use NotebookStore for storing raw data. This ensures all images, graphs, and stored data are preserved.

Install Everything Locally​

We recommend storing all Wolfram Language libraries and paclets locally for each project. This ensures reliability, reproducibility, and independence from remote resources.

Example of a built-in package manager
PacletRepositories[{
    Github -> "https://github.com/KirillBelovTest/GPTLink"
}]

<<KirillBelov`GPTLink`

This creates a folder with all the required paclets and keeps them up to date if needed.

Do Not Use Dynamic​

We use a completely different architecture to handle interactivity and graphic updates compared to Wolfram Mathematica.

While Manipulate is implemented, frequent use is discouraged due to its impact on system performance.

Dynamic​

Buttons and sliders are event-driven. You must subscribe to them using EventHandler. All updates are handled via the Offload mechanism. Example:

length = 1.0;
EventHandler[InputRange[-1, 1, 0.1], Function[l, length = l]]

Graphics[Rectangle[{-1, -1}, {length // Offload, 1}]]

Manipulate​

For basic 2D plots, you can use the built-in ManipulatePlot or general-purpose Manipulate function.

For more complex and fast dynamics, you’ll need to build your own using Offload along with simple graphic primitives like Line, Polygon, and others as building blocks.

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