Re: [ferret_users]How to replace the figure legends?

["Jian Ma" <majian@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Goran,

I think this method would work. But unfortunately, I am using Ferret v5.41 which doesn't contain legline.jnl. Would you please send me a copy?

Lots of thanks,
Jian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Goran Georgievski" <goran@icbm.de>
To: "Jian Ma" <majian@fio.org.cn>
Cc: <ferret_users@noaa.gov>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [ferret_users]How to replace the figure legends?


> Hi Jian,
> 
> If you need legend for the time series plot here is what you can do:
> 
> use /nolabels qualifier when ploting and then use legline.jnl script 
> 
> for example:
> 
> plot/color=7/nolabels your_data 
> go legline xsc  ysc  color fs "description of your data"
> 
> arguments for the legline are as following
> 
> xsc is x starting coordinate for placing the legend in user units
> length is the length of the line in units of x axis
> ysc is y axis coordinate for placing the legend line
> color is color of the line
> fs is font size
> 
> if your x axis value are from 1960 to 2000 and and y axis are from 
> 0 to 700 then issuing
> 
> go legline 1965 5 650  7 .16 "Precipitation"
> 
> will result in ploting the line of color 7 (black) in upper left corner with 
> starting coordinate (1965,650) ending at (1970,650), beside the line with the 
> fontsize .16 it would be written Precipitation
> 
> I hope this helps, but if you google for: "ferret legline" I am sure you will 
> find more script and descriptions.
> 
> With regards,
> Goran Georgievski
> 
> 
> On Friday 16 September 2005 04:03, Jian Ma wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> When plotting a curve, how to replace the legends which always appear at
>> the lower left point? The user's guide said there are several scripts, but
>> where can I find them?
>>
>> Any advice is highly appreciated.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jian
>>
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