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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/location.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 location Context: chips

Synopsis

Specifies the location for an existing drawing area.

Syntax

chips> LOCATION <x1> <x2> <y1> <y2>
chips> [D #] LOCATION <x1> <x2> <y1> <y2>

Description

Argument: D #
Description: drawing area number designation
Options: integer numbers
Default: current drawing area

See the D command for more information about this argument.

Argument: <x1>
Description: X coordinate of lower left corner
Options: real numbers between 0.0 and 1.0
Default: 0.15
Argument: <x2>
Description: X coordinate of upper right corner
Options: real numbers between 0.0 and 1.0
Default: 0.9
Argument: <y1>
Description: Y coordinate of lower left corner
Options: real numbers between 0.0 and 1.0
Default: 0.1
Argument: <y2>
Description: Y coordinate of upper right corner
Options: real numbers between 0.0 and 1.0
Default: 0.9

The origin - (0,0) - is at the lower left corner.

CIAO allows some plot attributes to be changed using the ChIPS state object and resource file. See "ahelp chips" for further details.

Example

chips> D 1 CURVE data/example.dat
chips> LOCATION 0.25 0.9 0.5 0.9

A curve is plotted, then the drawing area location is modified.

Bugs

See the bugs page for ChIPS on the CIAO website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: December 2006



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