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Bug : epslatex with "set key left"

[<ga...@un...>]

Dear "Gnuplot developer"

I give the following commands to Gnuplot :

set autoscale
set terminal epslatex color dashed "default" 13
set output "test.eps"
set xlabel "Number n"
set ylabel "(s)"
set title "Computation"
set key left
plot 'test.data' using 1:2 title "Test" with linespoints

but I have a big bug: the keys are not in the left but in the center (no 
problem with "set key right").

Best regards,
Frederic Gava

Re: Bug : epslatex with "set key left"

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Monday 22 October 2007 07:06, Fr=E9d=E9ric Gava wrote:
> set autoscale
> set terminal epslatex color dashed "default" 13
> set output "test.eps"
> set xlabel "Number n"
> set ylabel "(s)"
> set title "Computation"
> set key left
> plot 'test.data' using 1:2 title "Test" with linespoints

It works fine for me.
I attach a gzipped test.dvi file produced by running
the output of your test commands through LaTeX.


=2D-=20
Ethan A Merritt

Re: Bug : epslatex with "set key left"

[<ga...@un...>]

Dear Gnuplot developpers and Ethan Merritt,

I attach the complete files and outputs with the problem. I used gnuplot 
4.2 with Ubuntu 6.10. You can see in output.dvi that the key is in the 
middle

test.dat : my data
test.plt : the gnuplot commands
test.tex : the tex output
test.eps : the eps file needed by test.tex
output.tex : a tex file to print the output
output.dvi : the output

Note that the problem is greater when I resize the output using the 
gnuplot command "set size 0.7,0.9"

Best regards,
Frédéric Gava

Re: Bug : epslatex with "set key left"

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Wednesday 24 October 2007 06:16, Fr=C3=A9d=C3=A9ric Gava wrote:
> Dear Gnuplot developpers and Ethan Merritt,
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> I attach the complete files and outputs with the problem. I used gnuplot=
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> 4.2 with Ubuntu 6.10. You can see in output.dvi that the key is in the=20
> middle

The command file you give uses the command
  set key left
  plot 'test.dat' using 1:2 title "To be on the left" with linespoints

I think if you turn on the key around the box you will see exactly
what is happening.  The key *is* drawn to the left, but the contents
are right-justified.  Whay you really want is:

  set key left Left box

or maybe even

  set key left Left reverse box

You can omit the "box" part after you understand what is going on.
Yes, there are a lot of options to the "set key" command.
This is the penalty for trying to give complete control to the user.

=2D-=20
Ethan A Merritt