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Re: xmargin and ymargin keywords ignored in cgplot [message #86783 is a reply to message #86780]

Tue, 03 December 2013 05:12

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Xin Tao writes:

> I just noticed that cgplot in David's coyote library doesn't seem to take xmargin and ymargin keywords. These keywords are not listed in the doc of cgplot, so I guess they are passed via " _REF_EXTRA=extra". Could someone please tell me how to make these two keywords effective?

I guess you can file this under the personal quirk category, but I don't
believe in margins. I believe in positioning things with the POSITION
keyword. The reason for this is that I know where things are going to go
when I use the Position keyword, since normalized units mean the same
thing everywhere. Margins are specified using *character* units and I
find them confounding and impossible to work with. You can't match up
different kinds of plots using them. You don't know where things are in
the window, etc. I find them a nightmare. It's the same reason you will
never find me using a TVSCL command. :-)

If you want to use them, you will have to find the section of code that
defines the default plot position and get rid of it. But, if you do, I
can practically guarantee you will run into other problems with Coyote
Graphics routines.

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		xmargin and ymargin keywords ignored in cgplot By: Xin Tao on Tue, 03 December 2013 00:29
		Re: xmargin and ymargin keywords ignored in cgplot By: David Fanning on Tue, 03 December 2013 05:12
		Re: xmargin and ymargin keywords ignored in cgplot By: Xin Tao on Tue, 03 December 2013 17:04

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