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Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? [message #19698]

Wed, 12 April 2000 00:00

Rachel Howe
Messages: 6
Registered: May 1996

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I wonder if anyone can help me with a graphics problem?

I'm getting very finicky about my IDL plots. (I use direct graphics
only, no objects --
conceptually I'm still in the v3.6 era).
I've learned to use the !p, !x and !y system variables, their associated
keywords,
and the axis command, to override most of the defaults, but one thing
eludes me.
Does anyone know how the distance of the axis label from the axis is
determined in a single-panel 2d plot?
There doesn't seem to be any way to control it directly, but it must be
some arcane function of the plot area, position/margin settings, and
character size. If anyone knows an algorithm, I'd be delighted to hear
it.
Or would it be easier to give up and just use
XYOUTS to put the annotations where I want them?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

--
Rachel Howe
National Solar Observatory, Tucson AZ
rhowe@noao.edu

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		Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: Rachel Howe on Wed, 12 April 2000 00:00
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: Rachel Howe on Fri, 14 April 2000 00:00
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: Mark Hadfield on Fri, 14 April 2000 00:00
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: Liam E. Gumley on Thu, 13 April 2000 00:00
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: Rachel Howe on Thu, 13 April 2000 00:00
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: Rachel Howe on Thu, 13 April 2000 00:00
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: davidf on Thu, 13 April 2000 00:00
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: laura.hike on Thu, 01 May 2014 14:57
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: Matthew Argall on Thu, 01 May 2014 16:59
		Re: Controlling axis labels in IDL plots? By: laura.hike on Thu, 01 May 2014 18:10

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