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Re: IDL Astron Library now uses Coyote Graphics [message #75368] Fri, 04 March 2011 11:35
wlandsman is currently offline  wlandsman
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On Wednesday, March 2, 2011 11:05:04 PM UTC-5, Gray wrote:

>
> Excellent! This is great, I use the ASTRON library all the time, and
> I was wondering how they would work with CG. Can you specify all 46
> symbols as well?

That capability has actually been available in AL_LEGEND for more than a year now. But yes all the keywords available in CGPLOT/s are now accessible from the Astron library routines. --Wayne
Re: IDL Astron Library now uses Coyote Graphics [message #75374 is a reply to message #75368] Wed, 02 March 2011 20:05 Go to previous message
Gray is currently offline  Gray
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On Mar 2, 4:30 pm, wlandsman <wlands...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have updated 21 plotting routines in the IDL Astron Library (http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov) to use the Coyote Graphics routines (http://www.idlcoyote.com/graphics_tips/coyote_graphics.html) internally.   The list of updated routines includes al_legend.pro, ploterror.pro, multiplot.pro, tvcircle.pro, partvelvec.pro and histogauss.pro.
>
> The subset of Coyote graphics routines needed to run these procedures is included in the Astron library distribution
> (http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/pro/coyote/).   However, I encourage users to delete this directory, and download the entire Coyote library directly.
>
> Among the new features are the ability to specify color by name, to plot to a resizable graphics window by specifying /WINDOW, and to have plots to the screen appear as they would in postscript.    A consquence of the last feature is that the default plot setup is now black on a white background.     (I expect to get a bit of grief about this change.)    Otherwise, legacy programs that use these procedures should work as before.   --Wayne

Excellent! This is great, I use the ASTRON library all the time, and
I was wondering how they would work with CG. Can you specify all 46
symbols as well?
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