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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #46998]

Thu, 19 January 2006 08:03

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Registered: April 2002

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David Fanning wrote:
> Sheldon writes:
>
>
>> Now I am grappling with getting my hardcopies to look like the ones on
>> the screen.
>
>
> Well, then, you might be interested in a new tutorial
> I put up last night: How to get device-independent
> graphics output.
>
> http://www.dfanning.com/graphics_tips/toms_tutorial.html

Excellent information and easy reading.

I had composed a diatribe about OG after reading your comments re: RSI's seeming lack of
commitment to DG, but didn't post it because it was just bad karma. I replied to this one
to ask about the status of your Catalyst library (online docs/user guide, cost, etc).

paulv

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #46999 is a reply to message #46998]

Thu, 19 January 2006 07:16

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Sheldon writes:

> Now I am grappling with getting my hardcopies to look like the ones on
> the screen.

Well, then, you might be interested in a new tutorial
I put up last night: How to get device-independent
graphics output.

http://www.dfanning.com/graphics_tips/toms_tutorial.html

Cheers,

David

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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #47000 is a reply to message #46999]

Thu, 19 January 2006 07:08

Liberum
Messages: 48
Registered: September 2005

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That's it David, I think that they really don't want to improve IDL to
the point where it could be today. My first encounter with this was
with a rountine called LEGEND. I couldn't believe that it was so hard
to put a legend on a plot. I called RSI and someone called James (nice
guy) sent me an unofficial routine called LEGEND. It works but it is
not a part of the IDL routines.
Let's just say that my expectations for IDL, not being opensource, was
different.
Now I am grappling with getting my hardcopies to look like the ones on
the screen.
I don't like to quote our esteemed governor of CA, but it works so well
here:
I'll be back!!

Cheers,
Sheldon

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #47001 is a reply to message #47000]

Thu, 19 January 2006 06:51

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

David Fanning writes:

> Well, the other part of it is that RSI couldn't care less
> about direct graphics these days, but that's a story I don't
> want to get into either. :-)

Whoops! I meant to write "SEEMINGLY" couldn't care less".
Just my opinion. I'm probably wrong. :-)

Cheers,

David

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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #47002 is a reply to message #47001]

Thu, 19 January 2006 06:45

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Sheldon writes:

> Can't say that I agree with you 100% David. It would take some time to
> expand further so I won't do that here. I will simply count my
> blessings and move on.

Well, the other part of it is that RSI couldn't care less
about direct graphics these days, but that's a story I don't
want to get into either. :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. Let's just say they must travel in different circles
than I do.

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #47003 is a reply to message #47002]

Thu, 19 January 2006 06:40

Liberum
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Registered: September 2005

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Can't say that I agree with you 100% David. It would take some time to
expand further so I won't do that here. I will simply count my
blessings and move on.

Cheers,
Sheldon

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #47004 is a reply to message #47003]

Thu, 19 January 2006 05:59

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Sheldon writes:

> That was a funny one :), though it is more like asking me to put the
> bike together first before I can ride it.
> I thought the /NODATA functioned something like that. Thanks for
> confirming it.

I think the real problem is that IDL is nearly 28 years
old. Probably older than you! AND it is backwards
compatible. There aren't too many of us who wouldn't
have made better choices 28 years ago if we knew
then what we know now. :-(

Sure it's convoluted to do things that ought to be
easy. But, as I seem to keep telling my youngest,
choices you make today will effect what it is
possible to do in the future. Some of us are
not as farsighted as others, unfortunately.

Cheers,

David

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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #47005 is a reply to message #47004]

Thu, 19 January 2006 03:37

Liberum
Messages: 48
Registered: September 2005

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Hi Peter,

That was a funny one :), though it is more like asking me to put the
bike together first before I can ride it.
I thought the /NODATA functioned something like that. Thanks for
confirming it.

Cheers,
Sheldon

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #47006 is a reply to message #47005]

Thu, 19 January 2006 02:54

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peter.albert@gmx.de
Messages: 108
Registered: July 2005

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Hi Shaldon,

shhhh, calm down, everything will be o.k. some day ... :-) Remember
when you were a kid, strolling around with your scooter? Everything
went fine, going from A to B was just what you wanted to do, and the
scooter did exactly what you wanted hinm to do? And then your mean
uncle gave you that bicycle. Horror! Going from A to B was now so much
more difficult than it was before. It needed training, training and
more training. And your knees hurt.

Well, in the end, you still use the bike and probably gave up the
scooter.

O.k. just kidding. This is a bad analogy for MATLAB / IDL, especially
as I don't know MATLAB. Please, no flamewar on this issue, now.

But as for the /NODATA, this is good if you, for example, want coloured
plots but black on white axes. Then with the PLOT command and /NODATA
you can establish the environment, i.e. the axes, and then,
subsequently, you can add the coloured lines using OPLOT.

Cheers,

Peter

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Re: And again more about Plot! [message #47097 is a reply to message #46998]

Thu, 19 January 2006 08:48

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Paul Van Delst writes:

> I had composed a diatribe about OG after reading your comments re: RSI's seeming lack of
> commitment to DG, but didn't post it because it was just bad karma.

Tell me about it. I have to go up to Boulder later this
afternoon to pick up a friend. I'm already working on
my disguise. I need to learn to put a cork in it.
It's done. Object graphics has won. iTools will take
over the world. I need to get over it. :-(

> I replied to this one
> to ask about the status of your Catalyst library (online docs/user guide, cost, etc).

Well, uh, about the same as it was last month. I've been
working on my magnimus opus this month. But, real soon
now, I'm sure. As soon as I get some decent fonts in
direct graphics I'll be REAL motivated. :-)

Cheers,

David
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Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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