how can a program able to do symbolic calculations do such dumb things? counting the terms instead of the number of entries in them! i figure i now want to fake a third term. just adding [0,0,0] didnt do it, apparently some simplification step removes that. also adding a variable with this value does nothing. any ideas?

how can a program able to do symbolic calculations do such dumb things? counting the terms instead of the number of entries in them! i figure i now want to fake a third term. just adding [0,0,0] didnt do it, apparently some simplification step removes that. also adding a variable with this value does nothing. any ideas?

@Markiyan Hirnyk that works, but in a popup window. since i need plotsetup(eps), this is not an option. sorry for being so negative. i am really grateful for all your replies.

@Markiyan Hirnyk that works, but in a popup window. since i need plotsetup(eps), this is not an option. sorry for being so negative. i am really grateful for all your replies.

@Markiyan Hirnyk yikes! a nasty mw! i only work with mws. i hate that bloated new interface, the font is ugly and even typing consumes lots of processor power.

the i's are actually displayed in the mw version but not if i execute it as mws. that's weird. but fortynately it's no solution i'd consider nice anyway, since it doesnt let maple determine which ticks to mark and which not. i cant manyally tune each plot.

thanks for your help. 

@Markiyan Hirnyk yikes! a nasty mw! i only work with mws. i hate that bloated new interface, the font is ugly and even typing consumes lots of processor power.

the i's are actually displayed in the mw version but not if i execute it as mws. that's weird. but fortynately it's no solution i'd consider nice anyway, since it doesnt let maple determine which ticks to mark and which not. i cant manyally tune each plot.

thanks for your help. 

@Markiyan Hirnyk sorry, i got distracted. the reply to that is that 'spacing' doesnt seem to have any effect at all. whatever i put in there it gets reflected in the plot structure, but the plot looks the same.

@Markiyan Hirnyk sorry, i got distracted. the reply to that is that 'spacing' doesnt seem to have any effect at all. whatever i put in there it gets reflected in the plot structure, but the plot looks the same.

thanks, that will work. just now i wondered why i didnt do it like that in the first place. the answer is that i probably didnt know about transform back then.

maybe i will use a proc for the transform function that adds the arrows, spares me from writing a loop.

thanks, that will work. just now i wondered why i didnt do it like that in the first place. the answer is that i probably didnt know about transform back then.

maybe i will use a proc for the transform function that adds the arrows, spares me from writing a loop.

@Markiyan Hirnyk 

by broken example i mean this: a := plot(0, tickmarks = [default, []]):, you seem to have forgotten the contents of the [].

if the only way is drawing tickmarks manually it isnt worth it. i thought there was something simple like adding a unit or simething.

@Markiyan Hirnyk 

by broken example i mean this: a := plot(0, tickmarks = [default, []]):, you seem to have forgotten the contents of the [].

if the only way is drawing tickmarks manually it isnt worth it. i thought there was something simple like adding a unit or simething.

the example is broken. i was not yet able to deduce it myself from the given sources.

do i understand it correctly, that these solutions consist of giving fixed lists of things to write at the tickmarks? that would mean that i'd have to do it manually for each plot. i'd prefer a solution where maple determines the points to mark itself, and then replaces the numbers by their i-fold.

the example is broken. i was not yet able to deduce it myself from the given sources.

do i understand it correctly, that these solutions consist of giving fixed lists of things to write at the tickmarks? that would mean that i'd have to do it manually for each plot. i'd prefer a solution where maple determines the points to mark itself, and then replaces the numbers by their i-fold.

thank you, it worked. i even knew this print for displaying output from a proc, but i never thought that print(p) would do anything else but print that plot structure, i thought print was a text command. anyhow, i kind of understand that output to the worksheet is suppressed in certain inner scopes. but why is writing to files prevented too? how does maple even know which commands to do and which to ignore? does it keep a list?

and are you saying that someone should write this into the faq or that it's in the faq already? if the latter is the case it would be nice if you pointed me there. i did not find any solution when i searched things like "display in proc".