Graphics and DisplayFunction
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg98154] Graphics and DisplayFunction
- From: replicatorzed at gmail.com
- Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:21:15 -0500 (EST)
Does anyone know why the following code fails to return the second Graphics object? ListPlot[{1, 2, 3}, DisplayFunction -> Print]; Graphics[{Circle[]}, DisplayFunction -> Print]; Even the coloring of the syntax differs for the two: after ListPlot [...], the semicolon is red indicating its unnecessary presence, while the one after Graphics[...] is left black. I would think that with the generalized input of Mathematica 6, the two would behave the same way, but apparently they do not. I know how to solve this with Show. I just simply don't understand why these two behave differently, if both produce (without specifying DisplayFunction) Graphics objects: In[104]:= Print[InputForm[ListPlot[{1, 2, 3}]]]; Print[InputForm[Graphics[{Circle[]}]]]; During evaluation of In[104]:= Graphics[{Hue[0.67, 0.6, 0.6], Point [{{1., 1.}, {2., 2.}, {3., 3.}}]}, {AspectRatio -> GoldenRatio^(-1), Axes -> True, AxesOrigin -> {0, Automatic}, PlotRange -> Automatic, PlotRangeClipping -> True}] During evaluation of In[104]:= Graphics[{Circle[{0, 0}]}] In[106]:= Head[ListPlot[{1, 2, 3}]] Head[Graphics[{Circle[]}]] Out[106]= Graphics Out[107]= Graphics Any idea?