Yet another Mathematica docs whopper
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg47079] Yet another Mathematica docs whopper
- From: J Krugman <jkrugman at yahbitoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 05:48:07 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
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. jill -- To s&e^n]d me m~a}i]l r%e*m?o\v[e bit from my a|d)d:r{e:s]s.
- Follow-Ups:
- Re: Yet another Mathematica docs whopper
- From: Yasvir Tesiram <yat@omrf.ouhsc.edu>
- Re: Yet another Mathematica docs whopper