Re: Bugs in new key placement code

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Daniel J Sebald wrote:
> Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:

>> The 3D plots do have such a border.  Its real shape is not a 
>> rectangle, though. It's an ellipse, inside which the plot can take 
>> different
>> orientations according to 'set view'.
> 
> Sort of; until zooming as it currently exists is factored into the 
> picture.  

That style of zooming (the <zscale> parameter of 'set view', really) is 
a horrible hack, period.  If ever we get a chance to do it, I strongly 
suggest we kill that feature and be done with it.

The cost of fixing key layout is a complete overhaul of the splot layout 
engine.  boundary3d() has become at least as complex as boundary(), 
probably more.  The key is really only a minor aspect of the real problem.