Re: Question about XYOUTS routine [message #4889 is a reply to message #4828] |
Sun, 13 August 1995 00:00  |
lkramer
Messages: 5 Registered: July 1995
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In article <szoonem-0808951002120001@ozone.ess.sunysb.edu> szoonem@astro.sunysb.edu (Saeid Zoonematkermani) writes:
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> From: szoonem@astro.sunysb.edu (Saeid Zoonematkermani)
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> Subject: Question about XYOUTS routine
> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 10:02:12 -0500
> Organization: SUNY, Stony Brook
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> Hi;
> Does any one know why setting !p.charsize has no effect on XYOUTS? It
> works fine if I use charsize as keyword when XYOUTS is called directly. I
> haven't checked on other system variables and/or routine combinations.
This is not a bug. XYOUTS has always behaved this way (ca: 1986). I
have been able to do what you want to do with code like the following:
IDL> plot,findgen(100)
IDL> xyouts,20,40,'HOWDY',charsize=!p.charsize
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Leonard Kramer, Ph.D. Physicist.
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