| Re: COLORBAR [message #56720 is a reply to message #55359] |
Fri, 09 November 2007 10:07   |
phillipbitzer
Messages: 6
Registered: November 2007
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On Nov 9, 11:59 am, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> phillipbit...@gmail.com writes:
>> For anyone who's used D Fanning's colorbar program-
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>> When using colorbar pro, how can I get the values of the tickmarks (!
>> x.tickv doesn't work - return an array of 0's)?
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>> Here's the underlying reason, when annotating the color bar, the
>> program (seems to one be able to) annotates the major tick marks. I
>> actually would like my tick labels not on the major tick marks, but
>> "in the middle" of the color. I think this would correspond to (only)
>> labelling the minor tick marks.
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>> Maybe a visual would help me be more clear:
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>> Instead of labelling:
>> here here here
>> |----------|----------|
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>> I would like:
>> here here
>> |----------|----------|
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>> I've been fooling around with the parameters, but to no avail. Anyone
>> else have this need/want before? Anyone have any ideas to accomplish
>> this?
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> The COLORBAR program, for historical reasons, as well as for
> ease of programming, uses a PLOT command to do the annotation.
> So, what you want to do is not possible with that code.
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> And because of recent changes, I can't even offer an undocumented
> keyword solution that will completely scrub the bar of annotations,
> so you could write your own axis labeling routine. :-(
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> I'd recommend just writing your own colorbar routine. You can use
> PLOTS to draw your boxes on the colorbar image, and you can annotate it
> however you like with XYOUTS.
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> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Thought (afraid?) that was going to be case. Thanks!
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