SUMMARY

Defines general plot labels and their attributes.

SYNTAX

PLABEL {n} {ON|OFF|text},{SIZE size},
   {BELOW|POSITION x y {a}}

where size is one of the following:

TINY | SMALL | MEDIUM | LARGE

INPUT

n:	Plot label number. If omitted, the previous label number is incremented by one.
ON:	Turn this plot label on.
OFF:	Turn this plot label off.
text:	Change text of plot label. Also turns plot label on.
SIZE size:	Change the plot label size.
TINY:	Tiny text size has 132 characters per line.
SMALL:	Small text size has 100 characters per line.
MEDIUM:	Medium text size has 80 characters per line.
LARGE:	Large text size has 50 characters per line.
BELOW:	Position this label "below" the previous label.
POSITION x y a:	Define a specific position for this label. The range
of the positions are:
	0. to 1. for x and 0. to the maximum viewspace (normally 0.75) for y. a is the angle of the label in degrees clockwise from horizontal.

DEFAULT VALUES

Default size is small.

Default position for label 1 is 0.15 0.2 0.

Default position for other labels is below previous label.

DESCRIPTION

This command lets you define general purpose plot labels for subsequent plot commands. You can define the location and size of each label. The text quality and font used can be set using the GTEXT command. You can also generate a title and axes labels using the TITLE, XLABEL, and YLABEL commands.

EXAMPLES

The following commands would generate a four line label in the upper left hand corner of subsequent plots:

SAC> PLABEL 'Sample seismogram' POSITION .12 .5
SAC> PLABEL 'from earthquake'
SAC> PLABEL 'on January 24, 1980'
SAC> PLABEL 'in Livermore Valley, CA'

An additional tiny label could be placed in the lower left hand corner:

SAC> PLABEL 5 'LLNL station: CDV' S T P .12 .12

SEE COMMANDS

GTEXT, TITLE, XLABEL, YLABEL

LATEST REVISION

July 22, 1991 (Version 9.1)