Re: xyouts with p.multi

[davidf(at)dfanning.com (David Fanning)]

Christopher W. O'Dell (odell@cmb.physics.wisc.edu) writes:
 
> I am plotting six graphs on one page using !p.multi =
> [0,2,3]
> I am trying to put some text in the same place on each
> graph, by using
> 
> xyouts, x, y, 'text', /norm
> 
> after each graph is plotted.  I would think, using /norm,
> that it would put the
> text *in that graph*; but it doesn't, it puts it in some
> crazy place.  Does anyone know how
> to make xyouts position the text with respect to the most
> recently plotted graph in the current window?

I'm not sure why you would have expected that, 
since I've never heard "normalized" defined by anyone
with respect to what is *in* a window. But you could
use the "normalized" coordinates of the plot axis
endpoints to position text. Here is an example:

PRO Test
!P.Multi=[0, 3, 2]
FOR j=0,5 DO BEGIN
   Plot, Findgen(11)
   XYOUTS, !X.Window[0] + 0.2 * (!X.Window[1]-!X.Window[0]), $
           !Y.Window[1] - 0.2 * (!Y.Window[1]-!Y.Window[0]), $
           'This is text', /Normal
ENDFOR
!P.Multi=0
END

Cheers,

David
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