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From: baxter_a@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Multiplot XLN - strange lables on y axis
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.225902.24579@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 28 Apr 91 22:59:02 GMT
References: <119472@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Organization: Walter & Eliza Hall Institute
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In article <119472@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, jgh1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John G. Hardie) writes:
> 
> I've been looking at Multiplot XLN(d) - from FF 467(?).
> Nice program, but the Y axis labels have junk in them.  I'm running
> on a 6M A3000 under 2.0.  Everything seems fine, except that the
> Y axis labels are ALWAYS printed vertically, with each letter followed
> by 4 junk characters.
> 
> For example, if the label is "Counts", it will be printed like:
> 
> 	C@#$$
> 	o$#@@
> 	u@#$$
> 	n#$%%
> 	t@#$%
> 	s@#$%
> 
> where the !@#$%% characters represent assorted (random???) non-alphanum
> characters - which show up as junk.


Multiplot support is available on:

WEHI::Baxter_A Baxter_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz.au 
 Baxter_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz.au@MUNNARI.OZ.AU 
   wehi.dn.mu.oz!BAXTER_A@harvard.edu

Could you please send a little more information. Specifically what machine
you are running Multiplot on and under which version of the OS.





> 
> Does anyone know how to avoid this?  If not, does it show up in the
> printouts?  I don't have the proper POSTSCRIPT fonts on my amiga so
> POST 1.5 just shows blobs there.  I'd really like to use this program
> to generate plots (like for a thesis or something...) but if it outputs
> junk I'll have to look elsewhere for my plotting...

It certainly works for this sort of purpose here..
Multiplots have been published in three international journals.



> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> -- 
> jgh1@unix.cis.pitt.edu
> 
> 	... A wild display of pig farmers gone berserk


Regards Alan