From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Wed Jan 26 14:07:40 2000
Subject: Re: Legends
From: Douglas Sturim <sturim at sst dot ll dot mit dot edu>
To: "A. Scottedward Hodel" <a dot s dot hodel at eng dot auburn dot edu>,         help-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:07:00 -0500

Yup that's it and you can also do....

plot(1:12,";your text here;g+")

will add color and plus signs.

Thanks,

"A. Scottedward Hodel" wrote:
> 
> > on 1/26/00 1:20 PM, Douglas Sturim at sturim at sst dot ll dot mit dot edu wrote:
> 
> > I have been over the octave manual and the gnuplot manual and I still
> > have not found to change the text of keys.  I did find a 1998 help
> > message but I would like to change the text of the key after the plot is
> > formed?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Doug
> 
> I don't think this can be done with gnuplot.  Due to gnuplot's details, the
> MATLAB/Octave plotting commands are not compatible, e.g.,
> 
> MATLAB:
>     plot(x,y,'-', ...);   % This must go first
>     xlabel('X value')
>     ylabel('Y value')
>     legend('Item 1', 'Item 2', ...)
>     etc.
> 
> Octave:
>     xlabel("X value");
>     ylabel("Y value");
>     etc.
>     plot(x,y,"-;Item 1;", ...)   # this must go last, or use replot() after
>                                  # xlabel, etc.)
> 
> Octave is as MATLAB compatible as practical, but is not a MATLAB clone.
> 
> --
> A S Hodel Assoc. Prof. Dept Elect and Computer Eng, Auburn Univ,AL
> 36849-5201
> On leave at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (256) 544-1426
> Address until 31 July 2000:Mail Code TD-55, MSFC, Alabama, 35812
> http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~scotte

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