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Questions dealing with optional named arguments of Mathematica functions.

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AspectRatio option works unpredictably?

Let us examine the agreement between specified value for the AspectRatio option and the actual aspect ratio of generated plot. For this purpose I define a function which uses the Rasterize trick for d …
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3 votes
1 answer
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How to simplify list of Graphics options?

For example: gr = LogLogPlot[x^2 + x^3, {x, 1, 100}]; Cases[Options[gr], _[Ticks, _]] Cases[Options[gr], _[DisplayFunction, _]] {Ticks -> {Charting`ScaledTicks["Log", {Log, Exp}, "Nice", WorkingPrecision … A super-requirement would be the ability to remove non-actual options: for example, if we have set Axes -> False, then options like AxesOrigin, AxesStyle, Ticks do nothing and we can safely remove them …
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The difference between "SymbolicProcessing" -> 0 and restricting the function definition to ...

The Documentation tells us that there are two ways to disable symbolic processing of the integrand by the NIntegrate function when it is known that it just slows down the computation. One way is docum …
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14 votes
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What does the AspectRatio option actually do?

It would be ideal to have a mathematical model of interaction between these options. …
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4 votes
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Is it possible to access FrontEnd's own conversion rules for boxes?

Before sending its output to the FrontEnd the Kernel converts it into boxes by applying MakeBoxes. But it is not the whole story. FrontEnd not just displays the box expression sent by the Kernel but p …
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4 votes
1 answer
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Correct arithmetics for CellMargins, CellFrame and CellFrameMargins

Here is a simple setup for playing with these options: cell = Notebook[{Cell[StringJoin[Table["abcd ", {20}]]]}, PageWidth -> 600, CellMargins -> {{200, 200}, {10, 10}}, CellFrame -> {{True …
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3 votes
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How to set minimal allowed size for a graphical element?

Starting from version 10.3 there is a documented way to specify a maximum allowed size for a graphical element via UpTo: Table[Graphics[Circle[], Background -> LightGreen, ImageSize -> UpTo[50], As …
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8 votes
4 answers
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How to determine the current width of the output cell area?

Options[EvaluationCell[], CellBracketOptions][[1, 2]], 2] 617.5 The obtained value seems to be very close to the actual value. …
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