RE: RE: Options
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- Subject: [mg34544] RE: [mg34521] RE: [mg34473] Options
- From: "DrBob" <majort at cox-internet.com>
- Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 01:16:36 -0400 (EDT)
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>> CounterIncrements is a front-end option that is documented in the online help. It's in OtherInformation`FormattingOptions`AutomaticNumberingOptions`Counter Assignment and Incrementing. More to the point, this one responds to F1. That is, highlight it in a notebook, and press F1. If it's merely somewhere in Help (and Dave knows where to look)... that's not documentation. If you can FIND it in Help if you don't already know where it is... THAT'S documentation. So... this one is documented. Badly, though. Just ONE example of its use would be nice. I'm pretty sure it's an option for Cell... but it's not really obvious. It seems as if it should be an option for a counter instead... but perhaps counters are cells? Hmm... 'tis a puzzlement. I'd like to lead a major rewrite of the documentation. That would be cool. Bobby Treat -----Original Message----- From: Annetts, Dave (E&M, North Ryde) [mailto:David.Annetts at csiro.au] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg34544] [mg34521] RE: [mg34473] Options Hi Oliver, > Is there a reference for all symbols with all options. Even > the help or the > big Mathematica bible doeas by far not provide information about every > symbol and every option. Short example: Couldn't find anything about > CounterIncrements, neither help nor bible. > Please don't explain me CounterIncrements, some day I would come with > another 1000 undocumented options. CounterIncrements is a front-end option that is documented in the online help. It's in OtherInformation`FormattingOptions`AutomaticNumberingOptions`Counter Assignment and Incrementing. As for your question, if it's in an add-on package, then your best bet is to read the code. If you're after undocumented stuff that has been compiled into the exe's or dll's, then short of disassembly, you're probably out of luck. That's leaving aside questions as to whether it's particularly wise to rely on undocumented functions. Ted Ersek has it summarised at http://www.verbeia.com/mathematica/tips/Links/Tricks_lnk_56.html Regards, Dave.