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Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? [message #24078 is a reply to message #24076]

Fri, 09 March 2001 08:01

Paul van Delst
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Registered: March 1997

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David Fanning wrote:
>
> Paul van Delst (paul.vandelst@noaa.gov) writes:
>
>> Thanks, this is exactly what I wanted. Unfortunately my joy was short-lived when I
>> couldn't figure out how to shift the y-axis title over enough not to overwrite my new
>> fancy tick labels. Sigh. (Or, how come there's no X|Y|ZTITLE_OFFSET keyword to PLOT to
>> account for X|Y|ZTICKFORMAT='(a1)'?) Do you (or Martin?) have something in your
>> bag-o-tricks to do this? I looked at Martin's and your IDL webpage but didn't see
>> anything. The thought of having to futz about with CONVERT_COORD and XYOUTS to allow
>> simple shifting of an axis title makes me want to ....1.2.3.4.5....10 I better go and get
>> some coffee.
>
> Uh, normally we position the plot in the window with
> the POSITION keyword. :-)

Yeah, well, I put use of the POSITION keyword in the same bucket as the rest of the above.
The last thing I want to do is to have to position multiple plots on the page separately
simply to make the y-axis label readable.

>> I think the curmudgeon factor that Craig Markwardt has mentioned in the past is starting
>> to affect me.... :o(
>
> Probably. :-)

Definitely.

> You might be happy to know that Martin and I will soon be
> releasing some software (for free!) that might make all of
> this easier. We have a PlotConfig program that is similar
> to PSConfig. It allows the user to configure plot options
> without having to muck around with keywords.

I don't mind keywords - in fact I prefer them to GUI's. The less my fingers have to move
from the keyboard, the better my right elbow likes it. It's when there isn't a keyword to
do something simple that the mucking about comes into play.

thanx again.

paulv

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		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: davidf on Fri, 09 March 2001 09:02
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: Paul van Delst on Fri, 09 March 2001 08:01
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Fri, 09 March 2001 08:38
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: John-David T. Smith on Fri, 09 March 2001 15:43
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: davidf on Fri, 09 March 2001 07:37
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: Paul van Delst on Fri, 09 March 2001 07:12
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: davidf on Thu, 08 March 2001 15:02
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Thu, 08 March 2001 14:49
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: davidf on Thu, 08 March 2001 14:50
		Re: how to label minor tick marks on a log axis??? By: robert.m.candey.1[2] on Tue, 13 March 2001 12:05

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