[Gnuplot-info] question on label positioning / syntax of coloring commands

[Dr. I. D. J. <die...@t-...>]

Dear listmembers,
I have two questions:

1.) is there a way to align labels vs. x2 or y2-axis? From the online help I 
cannot see an option like

set label "TEXT" axis x1y2 at 1.5,0.7
                 ^^^^^^^^^

specifically if you have a log - axis on one hand and a non-log axis on the 
other this would be quite helpful.

2.) if I read the command description it says

set label .....
............
............
{textcolor <colorspec>}
{point <pointstyle>}


given this, I would expect to say

set label "TEXT" at 1.5,0.7 tc 3

However, what I have to write is

set label "TEXT" at 1.5,0.7 tc lt 3

otherwise it does not work. This is not how I would interpret the given syntax 
and I cannot imagine anyone who would. Why do I have to reference a linestyle 
to specify a text color? 
Is this an error in the online documentation? It may be a necessity from 
programming standpoint, but from a logical standpoint and from a usability 
standpoint it is somewhat strange. 

I would expect "tc" to depict what the user wants to say. Textcolor, that's 
it. Just my two points after hours of struggling ..... :-)

Thank you for looking into this,
take care




Dieter Jurzitza

By the way: I am using gnuplot 4.4 patchlevel 2

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