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Re: How to add a title to a multi plot page [message #70197] Sat, 20 March 2010 07:10
Mathew is currently offline  Mathew
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Thanks. I'll take a look.

On Mar 19, 5:38 pm, Gray <grayliketheco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 19, 4:09 pm, Mathew <mat.yea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> I am making multiple plots on a page using !P.multi
>
>> I want to have a title at the top of the page. How do I do this? If I
>> do it after setting !P.multi I get a title for a particular plot. I
>> tried adding an extra row and using xyouts but it got ugly and it
>> won't give me a title that spans all columns.
>
>> TIA
>
>> Mathew
>
> Use multiplot from the NASA astronomy library, it can do everything
> you're looking for.
Re: How to add a title to a multi plot page [message #70198 is a reply to message #70197] Sat, 20 March 2010 07:10 Go to previous message
Mathew is currently offline  Mathew
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Registered: March 2010
Junior Member
Thanks. That did the trick.


On Mar 19, 1:21 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Mathew writes:
>> I am making multiple plots on a page using !P.multi
>
>> I want to have a title at the top of the page. How do I do this? If I
>> do it after setting !P.multi I get a title for a particular plot. I
>> tried adding an extra row and using xyouts but it got ugly and it
>> won't give me a title that spans all columns.>


> I use the outside margin system variables, as in this
> example:
>
>   http://www.dfanning.com/tips/omargin.html
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Re: How to add a title to a multi plot page [message #70200 is a reply to message #70198] Fri, 19 March 2010 17:38 Go to previous message
Gray is currently offline  Gray
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On Mar 19, 4:09 pm, Mathew <mat.yea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I am making multiple plots on a page using !P.multi
>
> I want to have a title at the top of the page. How do I do this? If I
> do it after setting !P.multi I get a title for a particular plot. I
> tried adding an extra row and using xyouts but it got ugly and it
> won't give me a title that spans all columns.
>
> TIA
>
> Mathew

Use multiplot from the NASA astronomy library, it can do everything
you're looking for.
Re: How to add a title to a multi plot page [message #70201 is a reply to message #70200] Fri, 19 March 2010 13:21 Go to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Mathew writes:

> I am making multiple plots on a page using !P.multi
>
> I want to have a title at the top of the page. How do I do this? If I
> do it after setting !P.multi I get a title for a particular plot. I
> tried adding an extra row and using xyouts but it got ugly and it
> won't give me a title that spans all columns.

I use the outside margin system variables, as in this
example:

http://www.dfanning.com/tips/omargin.html

Cheers,

David


--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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