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Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? [message #70619 is a reply to message #70358]

Tue, 27 April 2010 20:00

David Fanning
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biophys writes:

> I added a new idldoc comment header in rst format and fixed a "ghost"
> problem with PS output. Basically I use a plot command with no breaks
> to determine the plot region and generate proper (x/y) titles. Then I
> have to erase the plot except those titles with another plot using
> background color. It works perfect for direct graphics but there will
> be "ghost" tick labels in PS output due to none perfect overlapping. I
> fixed it by patching with small background filled rectangles. It is
> not elegant but works for me so far.

It might be easier to "draw" the plot with invisible ink.
Here is the Plot command I usually use:

Plot, xrange, yrange, POSITION=position, $
XSTYLE=5, YSTYLE=21, /NODATA, /NOERASE

Cheers,

David

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		Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: fututre.keyboard on Thu, 01 April 2010 20:28
		Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: biophys on Sun, 11 April 2010 00:17
		Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: mankoff on Mon, 12 April 2010 10:11
		Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: biophys on Tue, 27 April 2010 19:45
		Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: mankoff on Thu, 08 April 2010 15:03
		Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: fututre.keyboard on Thu, 08 April 2010 13:13
		Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: mankoff on Thu, 08 April 2010 10:26
		Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: biophys on Tue, 27 April 2010 21:17
		Re: Is there a way to plot with axis breaks in IDL? By: David Fanning on Tue, 27 April 2010 20:00

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