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Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? [message #72519 is a reply to message #72415]

Mon, 20 September 2010 09:02

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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David Fanning writes:

> Just this morning I was exploring PDF output, for example.
> I created a 3D plot (plot3d) with a legend (legend). All
> looks as it should on my display. But when I saved the
> file to a PDF file and opened that with Acrobat, the
> names in the legend extend outside the legend box.

Apparently, this can be fixed by setting the
HORIZONTAL_SPACING keyword to some "appropriate"
value. But, this problem appears to be a property
of Legend, meaning I have to set this keyword every
time I want nice looking PDF output. Is there a
way to set this property globally?

Cheers,

David

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		IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 15 September 2010 10:26
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: David Fanning on Mon, 20 September 2010 16:06
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Matt Haffner on Wed, 22 September 2010 11:13
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: penteado on Mon, 20 September 2010 15:20
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Mon, 20 September 2010 14:29
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Mon, 20 September 2010 09:25
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: David Fanning on Mon, 20 September 2010 09:02
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: David Fanning on Mon, 20 September 2010 08:45
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: R.G.Stockwell on Thu, 16 September 2010 15:03
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: penteado on Thu, 16 September 2010 14:28
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: David Fanning on Thu, 16 September 2010 13:39
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 16 September 2010 12:57
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 16 September 2010 12:56
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: David Fanning on Thu, 16 September 2010 12:35
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 16 September 2010 12:23
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 16 September 2010 11:12
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 16 September 2010 11:09
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 16 September 2010 11:06
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Thu, 16 September 2010 09:59
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: David Fanning on Thu, 16 September 2010 08:01
		Re: IDL8.0 plot() function : how to plot to PS file like with DG "Set_Plot"? By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Thu, 16 September 2010 07:38

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