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Resizing / repositioning the shade key and its labels

Question:

How can I resize or reposition the shade key?

-- or --

How can I change the size of the color bar labels?

Example:

[Output Graphic]

Explanation:

There is a PlotPlus command called "SHAKEY" which controls the size, position, etc. of the key drawn with SHADE and FILL commands.

SHAKEY do_key, orient, klab_siz, klab_inc, klab_dig, klab_len, kx_lo, kx_hi, ky_lo, ky_hi
do_key
 0 if the key will not be displayed, 1 if it will (0)
orient
 0 for horizontal, 1 for vertical (0)
klab_size
 if non-zero: height of key label characters in inches (0)
klab_inc
 if non-zero: every klab_ince key level is labelled (0)
klab_dig
 number of sig digits in the key (3)
klab_len
 max characters in a key label (9)
kx_lo
 X coord of left side of key in inches
kx_hi
 X coord of right side of key in inches
ky_lo
 Y coord of bottom of key in inches
ky_hi Y coord of topof key in inches

Solution:

The figure above was created with: 
use coads_climatology
set region/x=50w:90e/y=60s:50n
shade/set_up/nokey sst[l=1]
ppl shakey 1, 1, 0.08, , 3, 6, 5.2, 5.8, 3.3, 5.9
ppl shade

Last modified: May 4, 1998