Re: pstext GMT5

Matthew-

If you want to stick with GMT4 format for now you can, but you are using =
a mix of things so pstext must assume you are using GMT5 format for =
input, hence your result.

GMT4 format is: x y size angle font justification text

As you can see you have a font name for angle, Black for font, 0 for =
justification, etc etc so it will instead assume you are giving it x y =
text

Fonts are specified as one item; see the GMT5 documentation on fonts.  =
An example would be 12p,Helvetica,black

GMT5 lets you place all constant parameters on the command line instead =
of in the file.  If all your labels had the same specs except for =
location and text then you would just use
-82.8 30.3 Florida
and use -F+f12p,Helvetica,black+jBL to set those two parameters (the =
zero angle is default, i.e. same as adding +a0).  If you instead want to =
read any of those items from the data file then you leave off the =
arguments, i.e. -F+f+a+j would expect font, angle, and justification to =
follow x,y, in that order.
If so then the equivalent GMT5 file would look like

-82.8 30.3 12p,Helvetica,black 0 BL Florida

-p

On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:57 AM, Matthew Bilskie <[email protected]> =
wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I am trying to understand the new format for the textfile used in =
pstext. For example, I use an input file like the following:
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> -82.8 30.3 12 Helvetica Black 0 BL Florida
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> However, the text "12 Helvetica Black 0 BL Florida" plots at -82.8 =
30.3.
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> I have read (and reread) the man page on pstext, but cannot seem to =
figure it out.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Cheers
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