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Re: iplot, /xlog [message #49876 is a reply to message #49875]

Fri, 18 August 2006 18:30

Kenneth P. Bowman
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In article <MPG.1f4fd09a6d1b6864989c8c@news.frii.com>,
David Fanning <davidf@dfanning.com> wrote:

> Benjamin Hornberger writes:
>
>> IDL> iplot, findgen(10), xrange=[1.,10.], yrange=[2.,8.], /xlog, /ylog
>
> Try X_LOG and Y_LOG keywords and I think you will have better luck. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> P.S. This is a problem with keyword inheritance. It is easy to
> write code that allows you to use the wrong keywords without
> error, but also without effect. At the end of the chain, there
> should be a _STRICT_EXTRA=extra statement to catch this kind
> of thing.

A more basic problem is that PLOT uses XLOG and YLOG, while iPlot uses
X_LOG and Y_LOG. Not the best human factors engineering.

Keywords may be slightly more consistent in the iTools, but explain
NO_SAVEPROMPT. Why isn't that NO_SAVE_PROMPT?

Ken

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[Message index]

		Re: iplot, /xlog By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 19:03
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 18:52
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Fri, 18 August 2006 18:30
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: Michael Galloy on Fri, 18 August 2006 14:41
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 14:36
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: Benjamin Hornberger on Fri, 18 August 2006 13:49
		Re: iplot, /xlog By: David Fanning on Fri, 18 August 2006 13:27

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