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author | Bernie Innocenti <bernie@codewiz.org> | 2010-05-03 21:53:47 (GMT) |
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committer | Bernie Innocenti <bernie@codewiz.org> | 2010-05-03 21:53:47 (GMT) |
commit | 1030dc837b10a03a02a85d5504cbeec168ce49e2 (patch) | |
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Import XaoS r489 (trunk after version 3.5)
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diff --git a/help/rest/plane.txt b/help/rest/plane.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5a28610 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/rest/plane.txt @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +.. _plane: +.. _mplane: +.. _plane0: +.. _plane1: +.. _plane2: +.. _plane3: +.. _plane4: +.. _plane5: +.. _plane6: +.. _plane7: +.. _plane8: +.. _plane9: +.. _plane10: + +.. index:: + pair: command line option; plane + pair: command; plane + +Plane +===== + +**Syntax**:(plane integer) + +All fractals displayed by XaoS are functions with a complex parameter. They can +be be displayed in the normal complex plane where the x coordinate is the real +part of the number and the y is imaginary; but they can also be displayed +differently: + +mu + + Normal complex plane (default) + +1/mu + + Inversion--infinity is at 0 and 0 is at infinity. + +1/(mu+0.25) + + Similar to inversion, but moves the center outside the Mandelbrot set, so + it looks parabolic. + +lambda plane, 1/lambda, 1/lambda-1 + + Lambda plane and its inversion, and with a different center. + +1/(mu-1.40115) + + A very interesting mode for the Mandelbrot set, this makes small things + large, for easier browsing of the set's details. + +The :tutor:`tutorial about planes <plane.xaf>` has some examples. + +In the scripting language, the planes are numbered as follows: + +0 + + mu + +1 + + 1/mu + +2 + + 1/(mu+0.25) + +3 + + lambda + +4 + + 1/lambda + +5 + + 1/(lambda-1) + +6 + + 1/(mu-1.40115) + +**Available as**: command line option, command |