For questions specific to Version 8 of Mathematica.
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1answer
444 views
Transparent textures don't show
EDIT For now, I'm going to accept Brett's answer. It's a way to get transparency back by having 3D calculations done in software
instead of hardware. It addresses the symptoms but not the ...
14
votes
4answers
861 views
Printing exported PDF graphics fails (version 8)
When I export even simple graphics, say, a DateListPlot to PDF under Windows, it refuses to print on any of the printers at work.
Acrobat (Reader X) throws three ...
11
votes
3answers
283 views
Undocumented syntax of FilledCurve [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Undocumented form for FilledCurve[]
A nice trick to get the outline paths of letters is to use the PDF exporter/importer
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11
votes
2answers
286 views
backward compatibility
When producing or enhancing code, it is tempting to use recent new primitives of Mathematica introduced in version 7 and 8, but for library code or in preparation or future version change in ...
21
votes
0answers
385 views
What calendar is Mathematica using for dates in the distant past?
It appears that Mathematica treats all dates as proleptic Gregorian dates by default, a hypothesis that can be easily tested by using AbsoluteTime to compute the ...
13
votes
2answers
365 views
Command Completion
Note: As of version 9, this functionality is available and works out of the box.
I've a few questions about Command Completion in Mathematica. I recently discovered this feature, and it's really ...
6
votes
0answers
111 views
Break[] inside ColorFunction
f[x_?NumericQ]:= (Do[Break[],{i,1,2}];x)
Plot[x,{x,0,1},ColorFunction->(ColorData["Rainbow"][f[#]]&)]
Break::nofwd: No enclosing For, While, or Do found ...
12
votes
2answers
124 views
What is the most convenient way to change options for Graph[] objects?
What is the most convenient way to change options such as VertexLabels in existing Graph objects? (Version 7 users note: ...
14
votes
1answer
214 views
Why does LogLinearPlot sample its argument outside the specified domain?
I experience a weird bug in the function LogLinearPlot. If the input is an interpolation function, such as the one created like this,
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4
votes
1answer
106 views
Plot an undefined function
When I plotted an undefined function, Mathematica also spends considerable time to process it.
It returns a blank figure necessarily.
What confuses me is where the ...
4
votes
2answers
505 views
Wavelet Packet Transform in Mathematica 7 and 8
For finding location of spikes in a time series I used to transform the data into wavelet space using
DiscreteWaveletPacketTransform [ data, filter, 0]
and then ...
