Thanks David, will try with the updated version.
RE !P.Multi, your explanation is useful as I have already noticed some funny things happening with fonts in some of your programs.
cheers
JP
On Tuesday, 2 July 2013 23:21:43 UTC+10, David Fanning wrote:
> JP writes:
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>
>
>> It seems that cgBoxPlot is not responding to the xCharsize keyword. I
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> tried the code below:
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>>
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>> PS_Start, 'cgHistoplot.png'
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>> !P.Multi=[0,3,1]
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>> labels=['var1','var2','var3','var4']
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>> cgdisplay, 1000, 300
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>> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels
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>> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels, xCharsize=0.5
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>> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels, xCharsize=0.25
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>> PS_End, resize=100, /png
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>
>
> Yes, I was using the XCharsize value incorrectly in this program. You
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> can find an updated version here:
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>
>
> http://www.idlcoyote.com/programs/cgboxplot.pro
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, this is not going to solve all your problems. :-)
>
>
>
> The larger problem here is doing multiple plots with !P.Multi. This
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> method of doing multiple plots is great as long as you are willing to
>
> surrender all control over plot position and character size and rely
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> completely on the !P.Multi algorithm to set these for you. But, if you
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> wish to control this aspect of your plots (as I do in cgBoxPlot), then
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> chaos is certain to ensue.
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>
>
> In this particular case, since I am putting plot labels on with XYOutS,
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> there will be a terrible mismatch between the size of the plot
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> annotation, which is under the influence of !P.Multi, and the plot
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> labels, which are not. Basically, you will never be able to get the two
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> sizes to match! (Or, if you do, immediately call me with the algorithm
>
> you used!)
>
>
>
> Download the updated program, then consider this code. Here is how you
>
> are doing things now.
>
>
>
> !P.Multi=[0,3,1]
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> labels=['var1','var2','var3','var4']
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> cgdisplay, 1000, 300, wid=1
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> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels
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> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels, xCharsize=0.75
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> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels, xCharsize=1.25
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> !P.multi=0
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>
>
> You can see the plot annotations are all over the map!
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>
>
> In this case, it will make a LOT more sense to use cgLayout to set up
>
> your plot positions, which will allow you to control your plot
>
> annotations exactly. There will be no interference from !P.Multi.
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>
>
> See how much more sense this way of drawing the plots makes.
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>
>
> positions = cgLayout([3,1], xGap=5, oxMargin=[5,5], $
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> oyMargin=[5,3])
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> labels=['var1','var2','var3','var4']
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> cgdisplay, 1000, 300
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> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels, $
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> Position=positions[*,0]
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> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels, $
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> Position=positions[*,1], /NoErase, XCharsize=0.75, $
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> Charsize=0.75
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> cgBoxPlot, randomn(seed, 4, 1000), labels=labels, $
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> Position=positions[*,2], /NoErase, XCharsize=1.25, $
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> Charsize=1.25
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>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> David
>
>
>
> --
>
> 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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