From help-octave-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu  Wed Jan 26 14:19:09 2000
Subject: Re: Legends
From: "A. Scottedward Hodel" <a dot s dot hodel at eng dot auburn dot edu>
To: <sturim at sst dot ll dot mit dot edu>, <help-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 13:40:07 -0600

> 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.

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A S Hodel Assoc. Prof. Dept Elect and Computer Eng, Auburn Univ,AL
36849-5201
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