Re: [ferret_users] customizing the line key

["William S. Kessler" <William.S.Kessler@xxxxxxxx>]

Well, certainly you can do them by hand for a one-off, but others  
might be interested in the scripts. In general, mixing USER and NOUSER  
units is confusing, at least to my little mind.

I shouldn't have been so negative last time. For many applications,  
the simplest script (legline.go) will do the job nicely and easily.  
The problems come up with a time axis (which I see that you have).  
Other problems occur with a depth axis (positive downward). But for  
the great majority of cases, legline.go will make a nice set of legend  
lines.

BK

On Nov 30, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Tony Craig wrote:

> just as a followup, the legend uses "aline" which is now
> deprecated according the user guide.  so, i was able to
> get a nice legend like this,
>
> plot/over/vs/line=8/sym=1/size=0.2/nolab {1200,1900},{90,90}
> plot/over/vs/line=9/sym=1/size=0.2/nolab {1200,1900},{54,54}
> plot/over/vs/line=10/sym=1/size=0.2/nolab {1200,1900},{32,32}
> plot/over/vs/line=7/size=0.2/nolab {1200,1900},{18,18}
>
> label/nouser 6.5,5.25,-1,1,0.1,"sample1"
> label/nouser 6.5,5.00,-1,1,0.1,"sample2"
> label/nouser 6.5,4.75,-1,1,0.1,"sample3"
> label/nouser 6.5,4.50,-1,1,0.1,"sample4"
>
> feel free to comment about my user vs nouser coordinates.
> everything looks fine on my plot.
>
> thanks again,
>
> tony........
>
> On 11/30/10 2:15 PM, William S. Kessler wrote:
> > Do you mean the legend that identifies the line? In that case  
> > search the archives for "legend". There are several scripts that  
> > allow you to place your legend anywhere, with controllable lines  
> > and legend text.
> >
> > A couple of points:
> > * time axes are harder to deal with, because the USER units are not  
> > always intuitive (usually hours or minutes, and the start point may  
> > not be what you think it is. Try PPL LIST TAXIS. Note TSTART and DT  
> > (time unit in minutes). Then you might be able to figure out how to  
> > place the legend in USER units. It can be frustrating.
> > * another option is to write the legend using NOUSER units. I think  
> > there is a script by Emilie Vanvyve that does this.
> >
> > Billy K
> >
> > On Nov 30, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Tony Craig wrote:
> >
> > > first, i am unable to search the archives.  i get no matches,
> > > even for a simple search like "plot".  is the search working near
> > > the top of the ferret email archives on this page,
> > >
> > > http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/email-users-group
> > >
> > > second, what i'm really trying to figure out is how to
> > > customize my line key.  i'm actually using a script like below,
> > > so am trying to customize the lines and several other
> > > things for presentation.  and i want to move the "line key"
> > > on the plot.  how do i do that?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > tony..........
> > >
> > > plot/set/line/sym=1/thick=2/size=0.2/hlog/vlog/vlimit=0.001:1000/ 
> > > vs (np),(var_bf)
> > > ppl xlab "processors"
> > > ppl ylab "time (seconds)"
> > > ppl plot
> > > plot/over/line/sym=1/thick=2/size=0.2/hlog/vlog/vlimit=0.001:1000/ 
> > > vs (np),(var_jag)
> > > plot/over/line/sym=1/thick=2/size=0.2/hlog/vlog/vlimit=0.001:1000/ 
> > > vs (np),(var_int)
> > > plot/over/line/thick=2/size=0.2/hlog/vlog/vlimit=0.001:1000/vs  
> > > (np),(lin)