Re: Problem with printing plots

[Ben Abbott]

On Mar 9, 2012, at 8:07 PM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Mar 9, 2012, at 5:37 PM, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> I tried removing the 2D constraint from graphics.h.in.
>>> 
>>> 4290         position.add_constraint (dim_vector (1, 2));
>>> 
>>> The result is an error occurs when the text position property is set using 
>>> a 1x2 value.
>>> 
>>> For compatibility we need to be able to set the text position using 1x2 or 
>>> 1x3. When setting 1x2 the 3rd element should take on the default.
>> 
>> What's happening on ML when setting text position with 1x2 vector?
>> Does it return 1x3 vector when getting the position afterwards?
> 
> Yes ... my apologies for not being clear about that.
> 
>>> Is there a way to do that in graphics.h.in or should a custom inline 
>>> definition for set_position be added for text objects?
>> 
>> Yes, you'll need to override the default generated set_position method.
>> 
>> Michael.
> 
> The attached passed a few tests for me, but I suspect it is ugly to those 
> with c++ skills.
> 
> Critiques welcome :-)
> 
> Ben
> 
> <changeset.patch>

This change breaks the synchronization of the axes position.

To see the effect run the legend demos.

Ben