Hi Donna...
Donna L Gresh wrote:
I'd like to just be able to draw some text at particular values in
the data set (i.e. x = datamin, y=-1, and x=datamax, y=-1 for my horizontal
colorbar). Is this a big deal, or is there a simple way to do it?
In jython, you can use the display.drawString() method in subs.py. This
allows you to specify the location of your string in terms of the types
mapped to the 'visad box' coordinates. The signature is:
def drawString(self, string, position, color=None, center=0,
font="futural",start=[0.,0.,0.], base=[.1,0.,0.],
up=[0.,.1,0.],size=None ):
"""
Draw a string of characters on this display. <string> is the
string of characters. <position> is the starting location for the
string drawing, expressed as a list/tuple of 2 or 3 values (x,y,z).
<color> is the color (e.g., "red" or java.awt.Color; default
white). <center> if true will center the string. <font> defiles
the HersheyFont name to use. <start> defines the relative location
of the starting point (x,y,z; default = 0,0,0). <base> defines the
direction that the base of the string should point (x,y,z; default
along x-axis). <up> defines the direction of the vertical stroke
for each character (default = along y-axis). <size> is the relative
size. Returns the index to the shape of the text (useful for
moving).
so, for example:
disp.drawString("My string",(2.3, -2.1),color='green', center=1)
would put the "My string" characters in green starting at x=2.3 and
y=-2.1 in the display "disp".
If you have to use Java ;-) then you may want to create a visad.Shape
and use the PlotText.render_label() [or ...render_font()] method to
create a Shape that you can then add to the display whenever you want it.
Hope that helps.
tom
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Space Science and Engineering Center
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies
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