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Re: Re: Is Orange translucent? - What Methods

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  • Subject: [mg101319] Re: [mg101299] Re: [mg101271] Is Orange translucent? - What Methods
  • From: Syd Geraghty <sydgeraghty at me.com>
  • Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 06:34:18 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi David,

Thanks for the input below which identified (at least for me) the  
Method -> {"AxesInFront" -> False} applicable to Plot[].

My question to you and the group is how can one find out what Methods  
exist in general in Mathematica.

I have found no searchable, consistent, way to find out what methods  
exist for given functions or are applicable in general for a group of  
functions.

It appears to be a generic problem in the searchable Mathematica  
documentation (Online or shipped documentation).

Is there a simple solution? It would be very helpful to know it!

Cheers ... Syd


Syd Geraghty B.Sc, M.Sc.

sydgeraghty at mac.com

Mathematica 7.0.1 for Mac OS X x86 (64 - bit) (18th February 2009)
MacOS X V 10.5.6
MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo  2GB RAM


PS I did quite a lot of different Internet and Mathematica search  
queries and for instance found one of the few references to  
identifying a new Method option:

Re: Serious Problem with GridLines

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Subject: [mg101319] [mg79800] Re: Serious Problem with GridLines
From: "David Park" <djmpark at comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 06:04:43 -0400 (EDT)
References: <f8s2ub$1q3$1 at smc.vnet.net>
I reveived a nice answer from Chris Chiasson who passed on an answer  
from James Mulnix at WRI Technical Support.

It appears that Graphics now has Method as an option and among the  
methods are the following:

Method -> {"AxesInFront" -> True/False}
Method -> {"GridLinesInFront" -> True/False}

and that gives the control we need.
The way you discovered the two Method options above was local  
knowledge from James Mulnix via Chris Chiasson to you.

I think this points to the fact that Methods are added in an ad hoc  
way and not integrated into the documentation in a consistent way that  
I can find.

Also I seem to recall a previous post to this group complaining about  
the "Among the methods are ...." without being able to get to the  
complete list.


On Jun 30, 2009, at 3:35 AM, David Park wrote:

> Plot[Max[0, Sin[x]], {x, 0, 2 \[Pi]},
> PlotStyle -> Directive[Thick, Orange],
> Method -> {"AxesInFront" -> False}]
>
>
> David Park
> djmpark at comcast.net
> http://home.comcast.net/~djmpark/


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