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Re: legend location 'outside' not working


From: Bob Lounsbury
Subject: Re: legend location 'outside' not working
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:18:02 -0600

On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
On Sep 13, 2010, at 10:15 PM, Bob Lounsbury wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 6:17 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Sep 13, 2010, at 7:56 AM, Bob Lounsbury wrote:
>>
>> > On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > On Sep 12, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Bob Lounsbury wrote:
>> >
>> > > I've searched and searched and not found a clear answer, thought it would be better to email the pro's.
>> > >
>> > > Here's my issue ... In Octave 3.0.5:
>> > >
>> > > > plot(0:10)
>> > > > legend('linear','location','eastoutside')
>> > >
>> > > works as expected with the legend to the outside of the plot.
>> > >
>> > > However, in Octave 3.2.3 the same code produces a legend inside the plot not outside. Has this been fixed in Octave 3.2.4? How do I get the legend to the outside of the plot area?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Bob
>> >
>> > Version 3.2.3 moved closer to compatibility with Matlab. However, the behavior of the legend is an exception to that. The developers are currently working on this problem.
>> >
>> > As a work around, you can modify the axis plotbox position by. For example ...
>> >
>> >        x = 0:0.1:10;
>> >        plot (x, sin (x), x, cos (x))
>> >        set (gca, "position", get (0, "defaultaxesposition") + [0, 0, -1, 0] * 0.05)
>> >        xlabel ("Angle, radians")
>> >        ylabel ("Amplitude")
>> >        legend ({"sin(x)", "cos(x)"}, "location", "eastoutside")
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> >
>> > In Octave 3.2.3 the legend is still inside the plot with your example. See attached figure. Maybe this is a version issue. Do I need to try and compile the latest version?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bob
>> > <sincos.eps>
>>
>> hmmm ... something is strange.
>>
>> That example works form me running both 3.2.3 and the deveoper's sources.
>>
>> After the plot, what do you get when you type ...
>>
>>        get (gca, "position")
>>
>> Ben
>
> octave-3.2.3:7> get(gca,"position")
> ans =
>
>    0.13000   0.11000   0.72500   0.81500
>

Those are correct values.

I took a second look at Octave 3.2.3. I'm getting the same result. I apologize for my confusion. I see the proper behavior in 3.0.5 and in the developers sources, but see the same as you for 3.2.3.

Sorry I don't have a work around for 3.2.3.

Ben
 
 
Thanks for the effort anyway. Is it working in 3.2.4? If so, I'll just install that.

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