Re: Yet another Mathematica docs whopper
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- Subject: [mg47098] Re: Yet another Mathematica docs whopper
- From: bobhanlon at aol.com (Bob Hanlon)
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 03:55:41 -0500 (EST)
- References: <c3udt9$9pd$1@smc.vnet.net>
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Show does not have its own options
Options[Show]
{}
Options specified with Show are used to override the options of the graphics
expression being shown.
p1 = Plot[x,{x,0,1},
AspectRatio->2,
DisplayFunction->Identity];
Show[p1,
DisplayFunction->$DisplayFunction];
Show[p1,
DisplayFunction->$DisplayFunction,
AspectRatio->1];
Bob Hanlon
In article <c3udt9$9pd$1 at smc.vnet.net>, J Krugman <jkrugman at yahbitoo.com>
wrote:
<< I've posted about the poor quality of Mathematica's documentation
before, and received several e-mails challenging my claim that this
documentation is awash in errors and woefully incomplete. Well,
for those who doubt, here's the latest example I just bumped into:
In[1]:= ??AspectRatio
AspectRatio is an option for Show and related functions which specifies the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ratio of height to width for a plot.
Attributes[AspectRatio] = {Protected}
In[2]:= SetOptions[Show, AspectRatio->Automatic];
SetOptions::optnf: AspectRatio is not a known option for Show.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Faced with this sort of nonsense, what is a user to do?
I am furious, because I spend an unreasonable amount of time
resolving inadequacies like this one in the Mathematica documentation.
Considering the exorbitant sum we paid for Mathematica, I expect
something much better documented than this.