Re: Fill plot area with background color

[Daniel J S. <dan...@ie...>]

Daniel J Sebald wrote:

> Ethan Merritt wrote:
>
>> On Monday 10 January 2005 11:05 am, Harald Harders wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>
>>> plot 1 with filledcurves above y1=-1 ls 9999,\
>>>     sin(x) ls 1
>>>
>   In any case, this begs the question, why isn't there a demo for this 
> sort of thing?


Oh, now I see.  This is a bit kudgy, with the filledcurves to fill the 
whole backdrop.  But it is the right idea.  So, a better syntax and then 
a demo would be nice.  Below is Petr's ideas for a syntax, pretty much 
the same as putting rectangles behind the various elements.  (The 
problem with the "rectangle <location>" is that the user will not know 
exactly where the key will land.

Color control beyond the basic 1,2,...,8 colors would be nice.  I think 
Petr and Ethan discussed a more advanced color syntax, if I'm not mistaken.

Dan

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Yet another background is that of the graph (easy for 2D and 'view map',
more intriguing for 3D), and for the key.

What about some new syntax for that?

set key ... background rgb "gray10"
set border ... background rgb "gray10"
set size ... background rgb "cyan"

or

set style background {key | border | graph | paper} .... ?