13.3.3  Commands for global display features

Adding a legend: legend

The legend command creates a legend on the screen.

• legend takes two mandatory arguments and one optional argument:
  • pos, either be a point or a list of two integers giving the number of pixels from the upper left hand corner, specifying the position to put the legend.
  • legend, a string or a variable.
  • Optionally, quad, which can be one of quadrant1, quadrant2, quadrant3 or quadrant4. This indicates where to put the legend relative to the point (by default, it is quadrant1).
• legend(pos,legend ⟨quad⟩) draws the legend at the requested position.

Example.
To put "hello" to the upper left of the point (1,1):
Input:

or:

Output:

Changing various features:display color

The display command changes the properties of graphics; the same properties that can also be changed with the display and color parameters (see Section 13.3.2). The color command a synonym for the display command.

The display command draws objects with specified properties.

• display takes one mandatory arguments and one optional argument:
  • Optionally, command, a command to draw an object.
  • arg, which can be a possible value of the display parameter (see Section 13.3.2) or hidden_name.
• display(command,arg) draws the object given by command with the property given by arg, or draws the object without a label if arg=hidden_name.
• display(arg) applies the property given by arg to all subsequent objects; display(0) resets the display parameters.

Examples.

• Input:
  display(triangle(0,1,1+i),red)
  or:
  triangle(0,1,1+i,display=red)
  Output:
  
• Input:
  triangle(0,1,1+i,display=filled)
  or:
  display(triangle(0,1,1+i),filled)
  Output:
  
• By default, if a geometric object is named, the drawing is labeled.
  Input:
  A:= triangle(0,1,1+i)
  Output:
  
  Creating the object with the display command and the hidden_name argument will draw it without the label.
  Input:
  display(A:= triangle(0,1,1+i),hidden_name)
  Output: