Re: [ferret_users] PPL xlab fails after PPL axlabp +1,-1

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the report and the examples. This does seem like a bug, but 
it seems to go way back. I see it in older versions of Ferret as well, 
oddly enough. The behavior is that the numbers labeling the tic marks 
are correctly moved to the upper axis, but the axis label "Temp (C)" 
disappears.  We'll check into it.

Ansley

James.Orr@xxxxxx wrote:
> And here is the same problem when "ppl xlab" is actually given:
>
>   use levitus_climatology
>
> ! 1) This works fine (x-axis label on bottom)
>   ppl axlabp -1,-1
>   plot/nolab/set temp[i=30,j=30]
>   ppl xlab Temp (C)
>   ppl ylab Depth
>   ppl plot
>   pause
>
> ! 2) This does NOT work (No x-axis label on top)
>   ppl axlabp +1,-1
>   plot/nolab/set temp[i=30,j=30]
>   ppl xlab Temp (C)
>   ppl ylab Depth
>   ppl plot
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> On Sat, 24 May 2008, James.Orr@xxxxxx wrote:
>
> > There is an unexpected result in Ferret 6.08, which I don't remember 
> > seeing before. I'm wondering if it is a bug. That is, ferret fails to 
> > print any x-axis label after a "ppl axlabp +1,-1". Conversely, it 
> > works just fine whenever the 1st argument is a "-1" (ppl axlabp -1,-1).
> >
> > Here is a simple example:
> >
> >  use levitus_climatology
> >
> > ! 1.1) This works correctly (DEGC is written out as the X axis label)
> >  ppl axlabp -1,-1
> >  plot temp[i=30,j=30]
> >  pause
> >
> > ! 1.2) This DOES not work (No x-axis label appears on Top axis)
> >  ppl axlabp +1,-1
> >  plot temp[i=30,j=30]
> >  pause
> >
> > Is this a known bug, or does anyone have a fix for this simple 
> > problem (besides manually writing out text with a label command)?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Jim