Re: A Question About Directive
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- Subject: [mg111281] Re: A Question About Directive
- From: Mark McClure <mcmcclur at unca.edu>
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:37:14 -0400 (EDT)
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Kevin J. McCann <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu> wrote:
> I'll agree that your example with the use of the Inner product is a clever
> way to do that, but isn't this way more readable?
>
> Graphics[{
> Red,PointSize[Large],Point[{0,0}],
> Blue,PointSize[Medium],Point[{1,0}]
> },
> AspectRatio->1/10]
Certainly, I'm not suggesting that one should use Inner and Directive
to place a couple of differently colored and sized dots in a picture!
I do a fair amount of graphics programming and, in that context, it
can be convenient to have a head that indicates Graphics directives.
Here's another example:
DeleteCases[Graphics[
{Directive[Red], Point[{0, 0}]}],
_Directive, Infinity]
This is a long winded way to create a single black dot. While not the
most efficient way to do it, this code indicates the kind of thing
that one might do if one always enclosed directives in the Directive
head.
Mark