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Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? [message #1889 is a reply to message #1887]

Fri, 18 March 1994 11:11

schmitt
Messages: 3
Registered: December 1993

Junior Member

> I am trying to find out if anyone has succesfully been able to create a
> margin at the top of a page while !p.multi is being used.

There's one way of doing this, if two conditions are satisfied:
1.) You're only worried about output in postscript form.
2.) You don't mind a KLUGE.
It takes advantage of the (surmised) fact that the margins IDL uses for
postscript output are a bit sloppy, and there's room at the top above
all of the plots.
The kluge:
After plotting all of the needed plots on a page with !p.multi, execute
this bit of code to put a title contained in the string title$ above
the page
...
pmh = !p.multi
!noeras=1
!p.multi=0; reset plots/page
xyouts,0.,1.,title$,/norm
!noeras=0
!p.multi=pmh
...
(I don't even know if !noeras is a recommended system variable anymore,
it may not even be needed.)
This essentially redefines the page as a single plot (1 plot/page), and
puts the text string at the (normalized) position x=0, y=1. Since this
is the position of the LOWER left hand corner of the text string, the
string is plotted above the page. Using this with a tektronix terminal
emulator gives just the bottom edge of the text over the plots, but it
appears to print fine with postscript output (landscape, at least).
YMMV. ONVWPBL.

Obviously, it would really be handy for IDL to have an internal way of
doing it, and I strongly urge RSI to put this feature in. Right after
they fix the bugs in contour.

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Andy Schmitt schmitt@this.nrl.navy.mil
Code 6730 : Naval Research Lab : Washington DC : 20375-5346

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		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: stl on Mon, 21 March 1994 23:37
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: zawodny on Mon, 21 March 1994 05:36
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: candey on Fri, 18 March 1994 14:22
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: schmitt on Fri, 18 March 1994 11:11
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: pcp2g on Fri, 18 March 1994 07:21
		Re: !p.multi question: margin possible at top of page? By: zawodny on Fri, 18 March 1994 04:35

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