Re: forming continuous "trail" with Locator
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- Subject: [mg79919] Re: forming continuous "trail" with Locator
- From: markholtuk at googlemail.com
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 05:09:34 -0400 (EDT)
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Aah, I see. Thanks Mariusz.
So what I should have done is more like this then?:
list = {};
Manipulate[AppendTo[list, pnt]; FinishDynamic[];
LocatorPane[Dynamic[pnt],
Graphics[{{Gray, Disk[{32, 32}, 32]},
Dynamic[{Hue[0], Point /@ (DeleteCases[list, Null])}]}]], {pnt}]
Mark
On Aug 8, 10:14 am, Mariusz Jankowski <mjankow... at usm.maine.edu>
wrote:
> Mark, you made the first argument of Manipulate a list, the three
> elements are AppendTo, LocatorPane, and FinishDynamic. You suppressed
> the output of the first and the output of the third is Null - which is
> exactly what you see in the Manipulate panel.
>
> Bye, Mariusz
>
> markhol... at googlemail.com wrote:
> > Hi Murray,
> > Does this do what you want?:
>
> > list = {};
> > Manipulate[{AppendTo[list, pnt];
> > LocatorPane[
> > Dynamic[pnt], {Graphics[{{Gray, Disk[{32, 32}, 32]},
> > Dynamic[{Hue[0], Point /@ DeleteCases[list, Null]}]}]}],
> > FinishDynamic[]}, {pnt}]
>
> > - sorry about the Null next to the graphic - not sure why it's there!
>
> > To plot the trace afterwards:
>
> > ListPlot[DeleteCases[list, Null], Joined -> True, PlotRange -> All,
> > AspectRatio -> Automatic]
>
> > On Aug 6, 8:50 am, Murray Eisenberg <mur... at math.umass.edu> wrote:
> >> Is there some way in Mathematica 6 to use a Locator so as to create a
> >> continuous-appearing "trail" after you click and then drag the cursor
> >> around?
>
> >> Of course one could write code allowing addition of points through
> >> successive clicks, and then one could try to click repeatedly on
> >> successive points very near one another, but that could get very tedious.
>
> >> I mean the sort of thing one gets in drawing programs (and with the
> >> Mathematica 6 2D Drawing Tools).
>
> >> --
> >> Murray Eisenberg mur... at math.umass.edu
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>
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