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Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? [message #1886 is a reply to message #1881]

Mon, 21 March 1994 05:36

zawodny
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Registered: August 1992

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In article <18MAR199418225138@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> candey@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bob Candey) writes:
> I don't understand why this is no longer in the IDL manuals. There is a
> !x(y).margin to set the left(top) and right(bottom) margins of each panel
> (in units of characters). In addition, there is !x(y).omargin to set
> the outside margins for the whole page. This works with !p.multi.
>
> -----
> Bob Candey NSSDCA::CANDEY
> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 632 candey@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov
> Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA 1-301-286-6707

Bob,

Thanks a lot! This !x(y).omargin is definitely the way to go, since
most applications want extra room for text and the omargin has character cells
as its units. This is especially nice since it then scales with any change in
the !p.charsize. It is still pretty easy then to make room for a color bar as
long as it is assigned a height or width based on the charcter size (ie. make
the color bar 2 characters wide).

I also agree that the manuals could use a section which summarizes the
contents and use of each of the fields in the !x(y(z)) system structures. As
it is now it is done implicitly in the discussion of keywords.

What a way to start the week!

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		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: stl on Mon, 21 March 1994 23:37
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: zawodny on Mon, 21 March 1994 05:36
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: candey on Fri, 18 March 1994 14:22
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: schmitt on Fri, 18 March 1994 11:11
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: pcp2g on Fri, 18 March 1994 07:21
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: zawodny on Fri, 18 March 1994 04:35

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