;+ ; NAME: crib_tplot_ticks ; ; PURPOSE: Crib to demonstrate tplot annotation commands ; You can run this crib by typing: ; IDL>.compile crib_tplot_ticks ; IDL>.go ; ; When you reach a stop, press ; IDL>.c ; to continue ; ; Or you can copy and paste commands directly onto the command line ; ; SEE ALSO: crib_tplot.pro (basic tplot commands) ; crib_tplot_layout.pro (how to arrange plots within a window, and data within a plot) ; crib_tplot_range.pro (how to control the range and scaling of plots) ; crib_tplot_export_print.pro (how to export images of plots into pngs and postscripts) ; crib_tplot_ticks.pro (how to control plot tick settings, thickness,length, number, etc...) ; ; ; NOTES: ; 1. As a rule of thumb, "tplot_options" controls settings that are global to any tplot ; "options" controls settings that are specific to a tplot variable ; ; 2. If you see any useful commands missing from these cribs, please let us know. ; these cribs can help double as documentation for tplot. ; ; $LastChangedBy: pcruce $ ; $LastChangedDate: 2013-12-16 14:43:09 -0800 (Mon, 16 Dec 2013) $ ; $LastChangedRevision: 13679 $ ; $URL: svn+ssh://thmsvn@ambrosia.ssl.berkeley.edu/repos/spdsoft/tags/spedas_4_0/general/examples/crib_tplot_ticks.pro $ ;- ;Setup ;------------------------------------------------- ;this line deletes data so we start the crib fresh store_data,'*',/delete ;first we set a time and load some data. timespan,'2008-03-23' ;loading spectral data st_swea_load, /all ;loading line plot data (stereo moments) st_part_moments, probe='a', /get_mom st_position_load, probe='a' ;set new color scheme (for aesthetics) init_crib_colors ;make sure we're using window 0 tplot_options, window=0 window, 0, xsize=700, ysize=800 ;increasing the xmargin so it is easier to see the labels tplot_options, 'xmargin', [18,18] ;18 characters on left side, 12 on right tplot_options, 'ymargin', [8,4] ;8 characters on the bottom, 4 on the top ;create pseudo variable to use later store_data, 'pseudo_var', data='sta_SWEA_mom_ptens sta_SWEA_mom_t3' ;------------------------------------------------- ;basic plot for comparision tplot,['sta_SWEA_en','sta_SWEA_mom_flux'] print,' This first plot is the default, for reference. print,'Type ".c" to continue crib examples.' stop ;use x/y ticklen to control length of major ticks options,'sta_SWEA_mom_flux',xticklen=.15,yticklen=.05 ;value is a proportion of panel occupied by ticks, ie 1 = 100%, so we create a grid with this call options,'sta_SWEA_en',xticklen=.20,yticklen=.25 ;these ticks are 25% and 35% of the panel size, respectively ;var_label = '' turns off variable labels tplot,var_label='' print,' "x/yticklen" can be used to control tick length' print,'Type ".c" to continue' stop ;use ticklen to create a grid options,'sta_SWEA_mom_flux',xticklen=1,yticklen=1 ;value is a proportion of panel occupied by ticks, ie 1 = 100%, so we create a grid with this call options,'sta_SWEA_en',xticklen=1,yticklen=1;these ticks are 25% and 35% of the panel size, respectively tplot print,'You can set long ticks to create a grid on major ticks.' print,'Type ".c" to continue' stop ;resetting tick-len options,'sta_SWEA_mom_flux',xticklen=.1,yticklen=.05 options,'sta_SWEA_en',xticklen=.1,yticklen=.05 ;Control thickness of borders & ticks with y/x-thick options,'sta_SWEA_mom_flux',xthick=2.0,ythick=2.0 options,'sta_SWEA_en',xthick=5.0,ythick=1.0 tplot print,'You can control border/tick/grid thickness using x/y thick' print,'Type ".c" to continue' stop ;reset thickness options,'sta_SWEA_mom_flux',xthick=1.0,ythick=1.0 options,'sta_SWEA_en',xthick=1.0,ythick=1.0 ;control number of y-axis major & minor ticks options,'sta_SWEA_mom_flux',yticks=10,yminor=3 options,'sta_SWEA_en',yticks=5,yminor=5 print,'You can control number of y-axis ticks with yticks/yminor' print,'Type ".c" to continue' stop ;control spacing of x-axis major ticks and number of minor ticks ; ;since plots are time-stacked, x-ticks treated as a plot global so we tplot_options(not options) tplot_options,'tickinterval',3600 ;seconds => 3600=1hour per tick tplot_options,'xminor',6 print,'You can control number of y-axis ticks with yticks/yminor' print,'Type ".c" to continue' stop ;reset tickinterval & xminors to autoscaling tplot_options,'tickinterval',0 tplot_options,'xminor',-1 print,"We're done!" end