Re: Possible bug in Mathematica 7 using ColorFunction
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- Subject: [mg101136] Re: Possible bug in Mathematica 7 using ColorFunction
- From: computer algebra <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:10:59 -0400 (EDT)
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On Jun 24, 5:32 am, Jeff Lawlis <jlaw... at allendalecolumbia.org> wrote:
> Problem: use of ColorFunction affects spacing of Greek characters in F rame label.
>
> Here is a simple example of the problem:
>
> SetOptions[Plot, Frame -> True, FrameLabel -> "Wavelength (\[Mu]m)"]
> Plot[y = x, {x, 1, 1000},
> ColorFunction -> (ColorData["VisibleSpectrum"][#] &),
> ColorFunctionScaling -> False, Filling -> Axis]
>
> Notice the space between the Greek character \[Mu] and the m, causing them to overlap the right parantheses. The space disappears if you remove the ColorFunction gradient from the plot parameters. Also, if you change \[Mu] to a standard character like m, the formatting looks perfectly acceptable. To be honest, I don't really understand the reason for the [#] & following the ColorData tag, but the gradient doesn't seem to work properly without it. Is my syntax correct?
I got it to render ok (V7.0.1 on OS X 10.5.7) by adding an invisible
space:
(\[Mu]\[VeryThinSpace]m)
...but I'm not sure why the problem you've reported occured.
ColorFunction -> "VisibleSpectrum" is all you need.
Mike