Mac Graph Read Me

Mac:c;rat)t? i5 a .~ra,tit:)ic: r)ac:k.a.~1e con·:.:tructed bv Bili 8arnrnons for I Y t I ._. 0 1 - Dre')'.:el UniverBit~1. its pur11)ose is to alhw.l the user to dernonstate the graph of almost af))I frmetion that f;•e \".tid)e.S. Tf)iS pac:k.a:;~e i5 fair,•')1 eas~l to use and conforms to the standard Macintosh w3er interface. Fir.st •Ne will dit.:cuss t(?e t.:i;:{ w'ind'ow.:.: that 1¥ill open v.fhen the prograrn i5 run. 1(1e fir5t windr:..11.i.,t_. tf1e upperrno.st and leftmost . is t(1e title 'l'lindow . lt dispk:ws the narne (Jf the current document . lf no narne e;:{ists . thit.: . "Untitled." window 'l'liil dist>lav . ) 1he •N indow directl},. to its r igrd is t(1e hmct km windo•N. 1his \"l ind'o1"' :;.tart.s l"lith tr. .e d1aracter5 "Y = " .. tt1i5 i5 fo/1011./ed b)" a blinking cur:;.or. 1his i.s t(1e window tf;•at will contain tf)e function to be grap(~·ed. When the program is instracted to dra1"" or redra•N the ~rapr1, it '·"lill in5pect wfJat follow.s the "Y = "prornpt. Yoa .shoald not de.stroy tt~·e hmct ion prornpt at any tirne. 1hi.s 1"1indO'l'l ha5 tfi·e .s:tandard editing feature5 tf)at rno5t prograrr.•.s a5e. You can either t~lpe the function direct,•')" frotn the keyboard or 'J'OU can a:Se t(~·e fanct ion and nurnber palate.s de5cribred beiov·l. You rnav·' al.so a.s:e eitf)er at anv> time. CAU1 - ION: If voa} f.A.S:e tf')e k.evboard to ,1 insert t(1e fanction . be :Y.Are to a:Se app·er ca5e letters 1¥f1en U5ing 8lN .. cos . etc. lf ~/oa fail to do tt?i.s:, tf?e prograrn will tell )"Oa tfll1t yoa f:wve an illegal function. You w·in a/5o ~wt an illegal function me::.:sage if ~;ou have too n-..anv riofi·t or left ,rxiren.s so be sure thev.l rt'Jair off. It i.s .saOl"Jested ,I .,} I ~::J tf;•at ~/oa ase paren.s aroand cornple:x hmction.s to be Bare yoa get tf?e correct plot . ~~nother good l:,.lace to use parens is •N·(~·et:• two rnatherr.•at ical in::.:traction.s are .s.ide b}" .side (i.e. if your hmc:tion i.s Y = X* -2 . tf]e com.~)ater •Nill inter,l)ret this incorrectlv. voa .should a5e I I ) •) ":l = X * i:.'-2) instead and the con1rxder \h/ ill no'l'l inten)ret voar I I f fanc:t ion correctlv.) 1rn·s J • program also (7as mernoty limitations . ff your hmction is too long . n:~e c:ornpater rnay· ran oat of available memory. 7o avoid t(;/.s:, al.s.o use paren.s to .split…