Re: [ferret_users] vector/nolabels/key

["William S. Kessler" <william.s.kessler@xxxxxxxx>]

That error message is surprising, and I'm not precisely sure that this  
is the answer, but try:

vector/SET/nolab/over...                          ! emphasizing "set",  
and omit "key"
ppl veckey,xposition,yposition,,(f4.0," cm/s")    ! an example of a  
format/label you might want
ppl vector/over,2,3                                         ! specify  
xskip,yskip here

In the VECKEY command, you can omit the fields after  
xposition,yposition, but if you want to specify a format and label,  
those double commas are necessary. There is some limit on the length  
of text in quotes (11 characters?).

You can control the text size of the number and label with LABSET  
(given before ppl vector/over):

ppl labset,,,,label-text-size

BK

On Jun 9, 2011, at 1:50 PM, CAPT Jessie Carman wrote:

> I'm trying to overlay some current vectors on fields; I don't want  
> the labels but I do need a current key.  I looked and the  
> documentation and used the following:
>
> vector/overlay/nolabels/key/l=2/k=1/xskip=2/yskip=3/length=.5  
> uavg[d=3],vavg[d=3]
>
> ferret gives me this error:
>
> **ERROR: unknown command qualifier: key
>
> Is there a way to get that key on the plot without a lot of bitmap  
> editing?
>
> Also, while I'm at it, is there a way to change the location of that  
> key?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jessie Carman