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.
>>
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