Re: Re: Is Orange translucent? - What Methods exist?
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- Subject: [mg101324] Re: [mg101299] Re: [mg101271] Is Orange translucent? - What Methods exist?
- From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:35:14 -0400 (EDT)
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The "AxesInFront" and "GridLinesInFront" options should be documented in Graphics. But should they be documented in every 2D plot type? That's probably a lot of work. It's one of the disadvantages of organizing the graphics around set-piece plot types. David Park djmpark at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/ From: Syd Geraghty [mailto:sydgeraghty at me.com] Hi David, Thanks for the input below which identified (at least for me) the Method -> {"AxesInFront" -> False} applicable to Plot[]. My question to you and the group is how can one find out what Methods exist in general in Mathematica. I have found no searchable, consistent, way to find out what methods exist for given functions or are applicable in general for a group of functions. It appears to be a generic problem in the searchable Mathematica documentation (Online or shipped documentation). Is there a simple solution? It would be very helpful to know it! Cheers ... Syd Syd Geraghty B.Sc, M.Sc. sydgeraghty at mac.com Mathematica 7.0.1 for Mac OS X x86 (64 - bit) (18th February 2009) MacOS X V 10.5.6 MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM PS I did quite a lot of different Internet and Mathematica search queries and for instance found one of the few references to identifying a new Method option: Re: Serious Problem with GridLines . To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net . Subject: [mg79800] Re: Serious Problem with GridLines . From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net> . Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 06:04:43 -0400 (EDT) . References: <f8s2ub$1q3$1 at smc.vnet.net> _____ I reveived a nice answer from Chris Chiasson who passed on an answer from James Mulnix at WRI Technical Support. It appears that Graphics now has Method as an option and among the methods are the following: Method -> {"AxesInFront" -> True/False} Method -> {"GridLinesInFront" -> True/False} and that gives the control we need. The way you discovered the two Method options above was local knowledge from James Mulnix via Chris Chiasson to you. I think this points to the fact that Methods are added in an ad hoc way and not integrated into the documentation in a consistent way that I can find. Also I seem to recall a previous post to this group complaining about the "Among the methods are ...." without being able to get to the complete list. On Jun 30, 2009, at 3:35 AM, David Park wrote: Plot[Max[0, Sin[x]], {x, 0, 2 \[Pi]}, PlotStyle -> Directive[Thick, Orange], Method -> {"AxesInFront" -> False}] David Park djmpark at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/