Re: argument list for ArrowBox?
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- Subject: [mg113209] Re: argument list for ArrowBox?
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:53:53 -0400 (EDT)
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I don't see why you'd find the graphics cells to be square. That's not my experience and it's easy to set a certain aspect ratio: Plot[x, {x, 0, 1}, AspectRatio -> 1/10] Any picture that I import is shown in its original aspect ratio. So I really don't understand your problem. Your editing of the .nb file in a text editor seems unnecessary. You can set all options using the option inspector in the Format menu. The aspect ratio can be set in Formatting options/Expression formatting/ Graphics Box options/GraphicsBoxOptions/AspectRatio. Cheers -- Sjoerd On Oct 18, 11:50 am, dushan <dush... at spinn.net> wrote: > I'm using Mathematica 7.0.1 on a Mac (OS X) to prepare an exam for a > basic physics lab. This often calls for a Graphics cell to depict > some configuration. Since this cell is invariably created square, and > there seems to be no easy way to change the box's aspect ratio within > Mathematica, I open a text editor and edit the exam's .nb file > directly, modifying the options of ImageSize. > > This is awkward, but works. In the process I ran into the function > ArrowBox, whose options I'd like to modify to eliminate an invisible > mask that's cropping the arrowhead. > > But I've been unable to find anywhere a description of ArrowBox's > arguments. The instruction Options[ArrowBox] produces an empty pair > of curly brackets. All I've gathered so far is that the arguments > consist of a two-component list of two-component lists of numbers. > > How do I find that sort of information? Thanks. > > - Dushan Mitrovich