Re: Reading Coordinates from Plot
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- Subject: [mg80119] Re: Reading Coordinates from Plot
- From: dimitris <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:29:39 -0400 (EDT)
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On 12 , 14:24, jrc <jrch... at mcn.net> wrote: > Hello, > > Apparently v6.0.1 no longer has the mouse functionality that > enables one to easily read coordinates from a plot. In v5.2 > and before (as mentioned in several books such as Navigator), > one could select the plot by clicking on it, then hold down > CTRL key and move the mouse to read coordinates. In v6.0.1 > this does not work. Nor can I find any equivalently convenient > functionality. > > This is one example, by the way, of the deficiencies of the new > "Help" system. It seems to provide an entry only into a list of > Mathematica symbols, with very little guidance as to what > functionality is available. Searching under many combinations > of 'mouse', 'plot', and even 'read coordinates', I see nothing > useful except oblique references to the new 'manipulate' function. > > Looking under 'manipulate' documentation brings one to a complicated, > new system, which takes time to digest. In a short look (half hour) > I find nothing relevant to reading coordinates from a plot. The > Dynamic MousePosition function seems to get partway there, but seems > only to output screen coordinates - not very useful. Is it really > necessary to go to this obtuse new system to regain the easy reading > of coordinates via mouse??? > > John Chaffer I am sure that I don't help you very much but searching the MathGroup archives for May you will find at least three different threads with subjects relevant to your question. Dimitris