Questions tagged [undocumented]
Questions on undocumented functionality of Mathematica. Note that such functions might be subject to change without notice in future versions.
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How to not show line mesh elements
Let's say I make a mesh from a collection of random points:
SeedRandom[1234]
points = RandomReal[1, {20, 2}];
mesh = VoronoiMesh[points]
For the purposes of my ...
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Evaluating Internal`$VideoEncodings gives a strange message
When calling Internal`$VideoEncodings to check available video codecs on my pc, Mathematica_11.3 gives a message:
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Why does the kernel strip \< and \> from strings [duplicate]
The FE always passes strings to the kernel that look like:
"\"\<asdasd\>\""
And the \< and > get pruned out. We can simulate this for ourselves with:
<...
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How can I see all FE nine-patch bitmaps?
The FE stores a bunch of little nine-patch images in the layout that govern the appearance of much of Mathematica. These things are incredibly useful to have as they may be used to give a clean ...
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Second argument Run[]
Run officially takes only one argument. I encountered code with Run[command, "Text"], is this a mistake or is the second argument meaningful? If so what does it do? ...
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Method option of function MatrixRank
By running ??MatrixRank, I see that it has an optional argument named Method.
However, this argument is not in the ...
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Making an Association-like interface for HashTable
System`Utilities`HashTable is conceptually a lot like an Association but it has the pretty phenomenal (for Mathematica) property ...
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Custom Property interface on my own objects
I know I can use the Property interface for things like Graph but I want to use it for all of my objects. This includes:
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Custom conversion rules in UnitConvert
I want to make UnitConvert operate on custom units with special rules.
For instance, I would like to be able to convert between ...
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Create a ProcessObject for a process not made with StartProcess
I am launching and linking to Mathematica from an external process and would like to be able to create a ProcessObject for the launching process that will support <...
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How to make custom attached menubars? [duplicate]
I would like to understand how to build an attached menubar. For example, Image has the following bar - an attached cell that arises when clicked on:
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Others problems with Graphics`PolygonUtils`PolygonCombine
As a continuation of this question, writing:
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Problem with Graphics`PolygonUtils`PolygonCombine
Writing:
Normal@ParametricPlot[{x, x^2 t}, {x, 0, 2}, {t, 0, 1}] /.
p : {__Polygon} :> Graphics`PolygonUtils`PolygonCombine[p]
I get:
but if I write:
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Undocumented GraphComputation`GraphProduct usage
According to Mathworld there is an undocumented function
GraphComputation`GraphProduct[G1, G2, "Cartesian"]
To compute the cartesian graph product.
Now in ...
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Get all built-in image files for styling buttons and panels
Mathematica makes use of nine-patch images in styling its resizable interfaces like Panel and Button. Nicer than remaking new ...
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What happened to SequenceLimit?
In older versions of Mathematica, there was a function called SequenceLimit that allowed taking the limit of a numerical sequence. It is useful for speeding up the ...
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Language`ExpressionStore and ParallelMap
Is there a way to access NewExpressionStore from within a parallelized calculation? I have tried variations of
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Special forms for autocompletion strings
Szabolcs has previously dug up a very useful tool to make custom autocompletions.
Here's that in action:
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Implementing jacknife method
I need to use a jacknife method in order to find the standard deviation of my data. Howvere, I realise there's no built-in fuction (or maybe I couldn't find it), not even a general bootstrap method.
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Using OAuthClient to extend ServiceConnect service that requires authentication and POST
I want to extend the functionality of a service available via ServiceConnect, particularly Google Calendar to insert a new event.
That action requieres ...
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How to defer creating/displaying boxes in front end until requested?
If the size of an output expression is larger than threshold ByteCount, the front end will display an abbreviated version of it by producing an ...
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How can I find all the plot themes for a given function?
Plot themes are useful little things that ease the pain of manually styling Mathematica graphics. I have a few favorites, "Web", ...
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Exclude inactived functions from DifferentiationOptions
The list of functions provided in SystemOptions["DifferentiationOptions" -> "ExcludedFunctions"] show which symbols will not be touched by ...
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How is the Hessian computed using ``Experimental`NumericalFunction``?
Here and here it was explained how to use Experimental`NumericalFunction to compute the Hessian of a numerical function. I would like to know how this undocumented ...
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Testing for membership with Bags?
Is there a faster way to test for membership in an Internal`Bag other than unpacking the whole thing like this?
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Second argument of Internal`DoubleToString
Does anybody have an idea what the meaning of the second argument of Internal`DoubleToString might be? It accepts also a third argument which seems to be related to ...
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Undocumented TableView function
Seeking information on undocumented function TableView. Exempli gratia,
tab=Table[Table[If[Mod[i,Prime[j]]==1,1,0],{i,1,10}],{j,1,2}]
tab//TableView
$ $
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Internal`WithTimeStamps usage
I was digging inside the Iconize implementation a little bit and saw that there's a function BoxForm`BoxFormAutoLoad which loads ...
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Getting all system-level icons
Dispatch and InterpolatingFunction have these fun little icons on their summary boxes. How can I find the list of those?
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Language`* documentation project
Language` context is around for a long time. It is also heavily used (APIFunctions / FormFunctions dependencies deployment rely on it).
It is undocumented and ...
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What is the complete list of ExportPacket formats?
ExportPacket is the most fundamental way we can turn Box forms into string data in other formats via the FE.
For example, a ...
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How can I determine how an Import/Export format works?
Questions abound on the MSE about how to get a certain import / export feature to work as desired. For instance, here's one that popped up recently: How can I standardize the coordinate origin for ...
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Return list from FrontEndExecute
This is a question that's been bugging me for quite some time, now.
When we call the FE in a batched mode we can only get one result out. For instance, we could try to get two stylesheet files. First ...
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What are the default parameters for ADAM optimizer?
ADAM Optimizer (used for optimizing the loss function for neural networks) consists of 3 free parameters:
$\eta$, stepsize/learning rate
$\beta_1$, forgetting factor for gradients
$\beta_2$, ...
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Normal of a triangular mesh
I know the function Region`Mesh`MeshCellNormals[], which evaluates the knot normal. I couldn't find documentation to this function which probably averages the ...
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What are valid settings for the TreatRepeatedEntries sparse array option?
There is a system option that controls how to build sparse arrays when a position is assigned more than one value. The default setting is First, meaning that all ...
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Find Import/Export format data
Often Import related questions come up, for which I'm always wanting to inspect the proper import function used to see what ...
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Is Depth[x, Heads->True] historical?
I randomly found that Depth has a boolean option called Heads:
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Quadratic LineElement. How does it differ from linear LineElement?
This is a general question about quadratic LineElement.
It does not appear to be documented or have examples of its use.
What is it ?
Does it have 1 or 2 dimensions ?
Are there any examples of its ...
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How can I find all of the current stylesheet notebooks?
I want to find all of the stylesheet notebooks currently open. Is there a modestly fast way to get at this?
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Second return value of StyleDefinitions in NotebookInformation
I recently found the wonderful "StyleDefinitions" return value from NotebookInformation which I've been using to edit style ...
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Limiting window width of Summary Box
I am creating objects in Mathematica, which I'd like to compactly display in the front end notebook as a SummaryBox. However, in many cases, the items that I wish ...
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Making a header-body-footer interface without Grid and Column
I want to make a nice little interface with a header-bar, a main-body, and a footer.
Grid and Column based constructs can get ...
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Difference between ParentList and Inherited
In this answer Carl Woll uses the ParentList symbol to inherit old input aliases when adding a new one:
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A more appropriate way to use RuntimeTools`Profile
There's a powerful tool call RuntimeTools`Profile, but it's hard to use.
I must turn on Debug mode, then use ...
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What does $UseTextSearchQ do?
Mathematica 11.2 features a new built-in symbol in the Global` context:
Global`$UseTextSearchQ
What does it do, and how do I ...
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Extract RawArray from Audio
Audio objects backed by in-memory data (not files) seem to contain a RawArray.
Is there a way to get the ...
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Is it possible to extend the graph layout framework with our own methods?
The GraphLayout specification can take complex forms, where we can specify separate vertex layouts, edge layout and packing layouts. Often each of these takes more ...
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Can we control packing layouts with parameters in GraphLayout?
GraphLayout takes a complex specification including vertex, edge and packing layouts. These often have sub-options to control the details of the layout.
It is ...
