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Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 [message #83644 is a reply to message #83624]

Thu, 14 March 2013 11:57

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Teddy Allen writes:

> Looks like using LAYOUT instead of POSITION worked! I wish I knew
> why though...

Yes, my general experience with function graphics is that there are
always multiple ways to do something with the routines, only one of
which actually works. It is left as an an exercise for the user to
determine which one that is. The only pattern I've noticed is that the
right answer is generally not the one recommended by whatever
documentation you have found to read. :-)

In defense of function graphics, however, I will say that the version in
IDL 8.2.2 is the best yet, and I have noticed a significant speed-up in
performance lately. I still find them a bit confounding and I chafe at
these niggling "features" that *almost* allow you to do your work, but
not quite. For example, I think I might be quite happy to switch to
function graphics map projections if I could just label box axes
appropriately and if they didn't insist on warping my image.

Maybe by next year...

Cheers,

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

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		Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Fri, 15 March 2013 14:05
		Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Fri, 15 March 2013 14:03
		Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 By: David Fanning on Thu, 14 March 2013 11:57
		Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 By: Teddy Allen on Thu, 14 March 2013 11:29
		Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 By: David Fanning on Thu, 14 March 2013 10:12
		Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 By: Teddy Allen on Thu, 14 March 2013 10:00
		Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 By: David Fanning on Thu, 14 March 2013 06:40
		Re: help with transparent plot in version 8.2.2 By: Brian Daniel on Thu, 14 March 2013 06:05

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