Re: Using pslegend

On Mar 3, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Shahar Barak <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am using Version 5.1.0 (r12471) [64-bit]
> In pstext, I don't see an option for a background fill behind the text. Do you suggest using pstext to overlay the text on the box I create with pslegend?
No, I meant if you just want to place a 1-line sentence or word, use pstext directly.  To fill background, see -G, -W, -T
If you have a more elaborate legend, use pslegend but (to bypass bug) start with something other than T.
-p

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> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Paul Wessel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi-
> 
> To pipe many lines of text into pslegend you use the Unix HERE DOCUMENT style, i.e.
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> pslegend various_options << EOF >> map.ps
> line1
> line2
> line3
> ...
> EOF
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> Your single text example triggered a bug in pslegend; now fixed in r12975.  If you just want to place one sentence of word you are better of with pstext.
> To draw the box, specify a pen via +p<pen>
> I cannot reproduce your box vs text displacement though, and hard to guess what version you are using.
> 
> -p
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> On Mar 3, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Shahar Barak <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have two issues:
> > 1. My pslegend command has the box and the text at different places. See image below:
> > <image.png>
> >
> > The white box is at the top of the figure (where I want it) while the text "text" is in the bottom of the figure.
> >
> > My script is:
> > cat > legend.gmt << EOF
> > H 12 - text
> > EOF
> > gmt pslegend legend.gmt -D2.88/4/1/12p/BC -J -R -F+gwhite -K -O >> ${ps_file}
> >
> > Also, I don't see a frame around the white box.
> >
> > 2. I don't understand from the documentation how to pipe the text into pslegend.
> > When I do:
> > echo "T some text" | gmt pslegend ...
> > I get:
> > pstext: Text record line 0 not preceded by paragraph information, skipped)
> >
> > I also tried:
> > echo "P\n T some text" | gmt pslegend ...
> > and I get:
> > pslegend: Error: Unrecognized record ( T some text)
> >
> > What do I need to do?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Shahar
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