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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One alternative to your solution which can hide a lot of the plotted data if the legend names are big:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=610 height=402 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE11C3.E713C310"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>is to keep the legends as short as possible by using only numbers and placing the full text of the curve legends on the figure's title:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img width=407 height=564 id="Picture_x0020_13" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CE11C3.E713C310"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Does someone know how to further reduce the width of the legend box above (which would be better set to half of its size)?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It would be important to have in plot2d the option to post the legends completely outside the plotting area. Could we achieve this by using subplots for instance?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PS:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Some of the limitations of the plot legends can be found in bugzilla bug tracker, for instance "bug" number: 7906.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rafael Guerra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> users-bounces@lists.scilab.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.scilab.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Samuel Gougeon<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 23, 2013 10:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> International users mailing list for Scilab.<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Scilab-users] Format legends of a graph as a 2D table<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Le 23/02/2013 01:54, CRETE Denis a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><pre>.../...<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>I do not understand why it is not equivalent to refer to f1.children(1) or to refer to a1 ...<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Thank you for your help.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Denis<o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>The following automatically splits nL legends if blocks of Lpc lines<br>(if there are parasitic line-wrapping when receiving this sample,<br>please correct them before running it. It is ok when sending it):<o:p></o:p></p><pre><u><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#AE5CB0'>clf</span></u><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>nL </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>40</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>; </span><i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#64AE64'>// number of Legends</span></i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>Lpc </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>15</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>; </span><i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#64AE64'>// number of Lines per column </span></i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>names_legend </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>"legend_"</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>+</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#32B9B9'>string</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>1</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#FFAA00'>:</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>nL</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>x </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>0</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>; <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>i </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>1</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>j </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#32B9B9'>min</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>([</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>Lpc, nL</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>])</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#A020F0'>while</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> i</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'><=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>nL<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#32B9B9'>disp</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>i</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><u><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#AE5CB0'>legends</span></u><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>names_legend</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>i</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#FFAA00'>:</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>j</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>, i</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#FFAA00'>:</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>j, font_size</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>3</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>, opt</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>"ul"<<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'> /span><<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>span style="color:rgb(74,85,219);">)</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> idL </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><u><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#AE5CB0'>gce</span></u><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>()</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#32B9B9'>move</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>idL, </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>[</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>x,</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>0</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>])</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> w </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><u><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#AE5CB0'>strange</span></u><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>idL</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#AAAAAA'>children</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#FFAA00'>$</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#AAAAAA'>data</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#FFAA00'>:</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>,</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>1</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>))</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>; </span><i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#64AE64'>// width of this block</span></i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> idL</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#AAAAAA'>children</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>(</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#FFAA00'>$</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>)</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>.</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#AAAAAA'>line_mode</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:rosybrown'>"off"</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>; </span><i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#64AE64'>// masks the frame</span></i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> x </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> x</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>+</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>w; </span><i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#64AE64'>// updates the position of next block</span></i><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> i </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> i</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>+</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>Lpc;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> j </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>=</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#32B9B9'>min</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>([</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>j</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#5C5C5C'>+</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>Lpc, nL</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#4A55DB'>])</span><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'>;<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#A020F0'>end<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Monospaced","serif";color:#A020F0'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Monospaced","serif"'><img width=405 height=316 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image003.png@01CE11BA.DFF9C380"><o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Samuel<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>