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Re: legend location 'outside' not working


From: Ben Abbott
Subject: Re: legend location 'outside' not working
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 07:43:48 -0400

On Sep 13, 2010, at 11:18 PM, Bob Lounsbury wrote:

> 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.

Unfortunately it i s not.

Ben



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