Questions tagged [documentation]
Questions about making your own documentation similar to the built-in documentation style. Also about finding things in the documentation, working with the documentation, errors in the documentation, missing documentation, Context used in the documentation etc.
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Is there any documentation for vibration and solid mechanics research via Mathematica?
I am interested in the solid mechanics (elastic mechanics and structural mechanics, etc.), and vibration, is there any material or documentation in this aspect via FEM in Mathematica?
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Building the documentation index in the cloud
How do I generate a persistent documentation search index in the Wolfram Cloud? Unlike in a local Mathematica installation, the
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Retrieving the documentation search ranking in Mathematica
I want to write a function that takes a search term and returns a list of built-in symbol suggestions.
The add-on function DocumentationSearch`SearchDocumentation ...
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Make a ChatGPT-like human interface to Mathematica documentation/ this site? [closed]
It would be great if one could come up with a human interface to Mathematica documentation (or possibly this site) in the spirit of ChatGPT?
We have Wolfram alpha to answer direct mathematical ...
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What is the link to the reference page of free-form input command?
I see that WolframAlpha input has its command WolframAlpha[].
I cannot find similar command for free-form input. FreeForm[] is ...
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Which is link to the reference page of "?" (help) operator?
We can use ? operator to find help reference pages for the command.
Which is link to the reference page of "?" (help) operator?
I tried:
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How to get the documentation reference pages for all commands that are ending with "Form"?
Is there a way to get the documentation reference pages for all commands that are ending with "Form"?
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What is MergeDifferences?
My version is 13.2.0 for Mac OS X ARM (64-bit) (November 18, 2022).
The symbol MergeDifferences appears in the auto-completion
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Is it possible, to make places in Mathematica notebooks accessible from a LibreOffice odt-document?
I want to document some findings which I have made using Mathematica (Version 12.3). But it is easier for me to do it in a LibreOfficeWriter (LO Writer) odt-document than in a Mathematica notebook.
LO ...
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How to find what changed in function documentation when "show changes" is missing?
I was looking at 13.2 documentation at
https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SummaryOfNewFeaturesIn132.html
Some of the functions that have been updated do have show changes to click on, to ...
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Augmenting the short documentation of a system function: possible?
A concrete example:
The short documentation for Fold (when hovering over the function) refers to FoldList without showing the ...
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Documentation Search : google-like (pokygon -> polygon)
If you search for "pokygon" in google.com, then google automatically fix error, and searches for "polygon".
Like google.com, if you search for "pokygon" in mathematica (V ...
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Save/Export "any" mathematica window in .nb
Can I call this (a tutorial page) a mathematica notebook?
At least it is a kind of mathematica window, which looks like a common .nb file.
Is it possible to Save/Export this mathematica window in .nb ...
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Create a function that takes a symbol and searches wolfram documentation for the page and opens it
This is way over my pay-grade, so I have no idea where to start. I'm certain MMA has some very good internet capabilities, so it seems to me that it is possible.
This is really a 2-part question:
How ...
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Can one use Ctrl and cursor position to get short documentation from a function like hovering
I would like to minimize how often I use my mouse. One time where I have to use the mouse is when I hover over a function to see the options for that function and a short explanation of the usage of ...
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Finite element method solution data, Mathematica 13.1
I just upgraded to Mathematica 13.1 and encountered the following issue (this is just code from the first few lines of the FEM programming documentation):
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Set the MPC tracker arguments
I have an affine system $\dot x(t)=X(x(t))+u(t) Y(x(t))$ with one input $u$ and two outputs (corresponding to the state $x=(x_1,x_2)$ of the system) and I would like to start from ...
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Is there more complete documentation of DSolve with all hacks?
I know DSolve. I know this community and I am able to gather some hacks.
There is this:
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Trouble in chapter 7, "colors and styles" exercises of "Introduction to Wolfram Language" [closed]
In chapter 7 "colors and styles" of the "Elementary introduction to the Wolfram language", there are several exercises that involve printing a list of hues ranging from 0 to 1 in ...
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$HOME/.Wolfram Directory on Linux
Simply asking since I have not been able to find an answer anywhere else.
How can I move the directory $HOME/.Wolfram, I have not been able to find any ...
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Two small problems on the FiniteDifferenceDerivative in the tutorial?
In the tutorial for FiniteDifferenceDerivative of pseudospectral approximation, there is a nice example. I just show a snapshot
The following line should define $11$ discrete wavenumbers over a ...
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How to integrate the Documentation with the Mathematica 13.1 installation?
I believe I had chosen an installation of Mathematica 13.1 with the
Documentation. However, when I click on a command, it takes me to web page. That did not happen with previous version of Mathematica....
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RSolve[] gives error RSolve::litarg when solving demo equations from the official documentation
The official documentation of RSolve[] (specifically, in the fifth paragraph of the seciton "Details and Options") states that:
The specification a∈Vectors[m] or a∈Matrices[{m,p}] can be ...
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How to shoot backwards using the "Shooting Method"?
This is my first time asking a question on here, and I look forward to and appreciate your help.
I believe I have a simple question. I am reading the documentation for the "shooting method" ...
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A question related to the usage of LegendLayout -> {"Row", 1}
I saw this piece of code from an answer by @Syed here.
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Introductory material on machine learning?
Does Mathematica have a handbook or other introductory material on machine learning? Or are there any books on analyzing machine learning with Mathematica?
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How are variables uv initialized?
I am reading through the documentation for FEM programming, in particular the section for transient coupled PDEs, here. I do not understand how the variable uv is ...
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Understanding preconditioner for DAE "GMRES" method
I am not sure this question is on topic, but I give it a try.
I am reading through the documentation for IDA here, in particular the section for "GMRES" almost at the end of the page. It ...
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Extracting Format of Tutorial Notebook
I noticed that the documentation contains some beautifully formatted notebooks which I would like to use for my file. However, simply copying the cells does not work. So how can I get the formats of ...
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How to get link for local documentation
If one evaluates ?GoochShading, the output is some info about the function as well as links to its documentation:
One can click the circled i or the Local » link ...
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Resolve absolute path to Documentation Notebook
We can easily create clickable hyperlinks for Documentation pages like the following:
{URL["paclet:ref/Set"], Hyperlink["paclet:ref/Set"]}
But ...
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How to build a custom documentation page without creating a paclet or using Wolfram Workbench?
One of the new features about Wolfram Mathematica 13 that I am very excited about is the ability to create custom documentation.
I want to start documentation for the following areas:
my own custom ...
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Favoriting/bookmarking some documentation pages for quick access
Owing to the sheer size, it becomes quite hard to find an example code/explanation that one may have stumbled upon before, following hours of search through the depths of the documentation pages.
Is ...
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Mathematica 13 doesn't show local documentation,
My Mathematica 13 doesn't show local documentation, it includes just Web documentation. (Windows 11)
But Mathematica 12.3 gives. How to enable local documentation to Mathematica 13?
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question on documentation convention for heat PDE used by Finite Elements methods in Mathematica
Why FEM documentation says heat PDE is second order in time? This makes it looking same as the wave PDE. Is this meant to be that $m=0$ for the heat pde? But this looks confusing. Could this be just ...
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Using the obsolete structural mechanics package
I wanted to use the obsolete structural mechanics package which its documentation still exists here but I could not load it from the default packages of Mathematica nor do I found the installation ...
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How to study Mathematica as a newbie?
I am a somehow experienced programmer in MATLAB and Python.
I was wondering if anyone can help me with instructions and useful resources to learn Mathematica as fast as I can.
What are the best ...
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Difference between /; and Piecewise[]
I was wondering if anyone can explain the difference between the /; operator and Piecewise [].
In what situation one should ...
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How to point to a specific location in a notebook?
I am writing a very long code and I need to refer to some line of codes in comments to clarify the definitions.
Is there any way that I can refer to a line in a Notebook or create a hyperlink to take ...
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How to find a list of related functions as mentioned in the documentation center?
How can I list functions related to a specific function in a notebook without opening the documentation center? Sometimes I think I have the right function and have trouble remembering similar ...
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How to find all tutorials for Mathematica? [duplicate]
Where can I find a central location to easily access all of Mathematica's tutorials and monographs on subjects such as (this is a very small sample and not representative of the many topics out there) ...
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How to customize the startup page for Mathematica
I am wondering if there is a way to customize the startup page for Mathematica: .
I am aware that if this is possible it will involve modifying the program files for Mathematica in the back end. Where ...
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How to Learn as much about Mathematica as possible efficiently with the Documentation Center and books?
I have been using Mathematica for almost a year now and I am still learning about functions that make me kick myself for not knowing earlier. For example, I wish I had known about the functions ...
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How to manually input a row above the top row in a matrix?
Assuming you already have a 3x3 matrix but now you want to manually input a row above the top row. How can I do that?
Pressing Ctrl + Enter only enter a row below ...
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Definition of a ResourceFunction
There is a feature called ResourceFunction in Mathematica. For example you can color a string with rainbow style.
https://resources.wolframcloud.com/...
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New offset Dashing argument in 12.3
Bug introduced in 12.3 and fixed in 13.0
After finding out that in 12.3 two new optional arguments have been added to Dashing, I decided to have a look at them. ...
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Searching the docs for commands that use a particular option
Concrete example:
Pressing F1 on ListPlot brings up the documentation page. As an example, Exclusions is not an option for this command. Going to Exclusions page ...
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Link to Mathematica Help in a text cell [duplicate]
In a text cell e.g.
The Mathematica built-in command to use is Solve.....
I'd like to insert a link on the word Solve, not to the external URL of Wolfram Documentation Center, but to internal ...
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How to download a categorized pdf version of the latest version of Mathematica's documentation?
In my opinion, it is difficult to find and study subjects in the current documentation of Mathematica (both offline and website) and I prefer to study a PDF version.
But unlike MATLAB and Python, ...
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Missing Hover and Autocomplete INFO Buttons for Custom Paclet
I've built my own paclet application with documentation using Workbench 3 (Eclipse add-in 10.1.822) with MM 12.1 (there are currently issues with 12.2-3 and the only Workbench add-in update, which I'm ...
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