Hello! You might find that the Code Console in JupyterLab serves as the "scratchpad" you are looking for:
https://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/code_console.html Cheers! -Darian On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 6:38 PM Jonathan Gutow <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you looked at > https://github.com/ipython-contrib/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/tree/master/src/jupyter_contrib_nbextensions/nbextensions? > In particular the pop-up scratchpad extension might be what you are looking > for. > > Regards, > Jonathan > > On Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 1:46:15 AM UTC-5, Brendan Barnwell wrote: >> >> One thing I really miss in the Jupyter notebook is the ability to create >> a "scratch" notebook without having to worry about where the file is >> located or what it's named. Often this is for some throwaway task. >> Sometimes I may want to save it, but if so, I want to save it later. The >> problem is that Jupyter requires me to create the notebook file first, and >> unless I explicitly delete it it will stick around in whatever directory I >> created it in, creating a clutter of one-off scratchpad notebooks. >> >> In most ordinary desktop programs (like Word or whatever), you start by >> opening a document that is not connected with a file. Later, if you want >> to save it, you specify the path and name at that time. Jupyter does this >> backwards, where you have to choose the location and filename first before >> beginning to edit. >> >> Is there any way to create a "floating" notebook that is not connected to >> an explicitly named file? It's fine if it's secretly connected to a >> temporary file somewhere, but the point is I want to be able to hit one >> button for "new unnamed notebook" and get a notebook that will silently >> disappear (e.g., deleting the temp file) if I don't save it. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Jupyter" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/47689bc1-21f2-48d8-b623-68104e5efff5%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/47689bc1-21f2-48d8-b623-68104e5efff5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Jupyter" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAJ%2BUHtck9FYwO0zMhya9gNARN0zq39z%2BMKGKLhjtPPQyqey%2Bdw%40mail.gmail.com.
