pro plotsym2, psym, psize, FILL=fill ;Define some plotting symbols ;+ ; NAME: ; PLOTSYM2 ; PURPOSE: ; Define useful plotting symbols not in the standard !PSYM definitions. ; After symbol has been defined with PLOTSYM, a plotting command should ; follow with either PSYM = 8 or !P.PSYM = 8 (see USERSYM) ; ; CALLING SEQUENCE: ; PLOTSYM, PSYM,[ PSIZE, /FILL] ; ; INPUTS: ; PSYM - The following integer values of PSYM will create the ; corresponding plot symbols ; 0 - circle ; 1 - downward arrow (upper limit), base of arrow begins at plot ; value ; 2 - upward arrow (lower limt) ; 3 - 5 pointed star ; 4 - triangle ; 5 - upside down triangle ; 6 - left pointing arrow ; 7 - right pointing arrow ; 8 - square ; Arrows are defined such that their base begins at their origin. ; ; OPTIONAL INPUTS: ; PSIZE - Size of the plotting symbol in multiples of the default size ; (default PSIZE=1). Does not need to be an integer ; ; OPTIONAL INPUT KEYWORD: ; FILL - Parameter indicating whether to fill the symbol (see USERSYM) ; The default is 0, unfilled symbol. Does not affect arrows ; or character symbols. ; ; OUTPUTS: ; None ; ; EXAMPLES: ; Plot Y vs. X with filled stars as the symbol, twice the default size ; IDL> PLOTSYM, 3 ,2, /FILL ;Plotting symbol is a filled star, ; ;twice default size ; IDL> PLOT,X,Y,PSYM=8 ;Set PSYM = 8 to get star symbol ; ; Now plot Y vs. X with open circle as the symbol ; IDL> PLOTSYM, 0 ;Plotting symbol is a circle ; IDL> PLOT,X,Y,PSYM=8 ; ; METHOD: ; Appropiate X,Y vectors are used to define the symbol and passed to the ; USERSYM command. ; ; REVISION HISTORY ; Written W. Landsman June 1992 ; 18-JAN-1996 Added a square symbol, HCW. ;- On_error,2 if N_elements(psym) LT 1 then begin print,'Syntax - plotsym, psym, [ size, /FILL ]' print,'PSYM values 0 - circle, 1 - down arrow, 2 - up arrow, 3 - star print,' 4 - triangle, 5 - upside down triangle, 6 - left arrow,' + $ ' 7 - right arrow' return endif if ( N_elements(psize) LT 1 ) then psize = 1 else psize = psize > 0.1 if not keyword_set(FILL) then fill = 0 case psym of 0: begin ;Circle ang = 2*!PI*findgen(49)/48. ;Get position every 5 deg xarr = psize*cos(ang) & yarr = psize*sin(ang) end 1: begin ;Down arrow xarr = [0,0,.5,0,-.5]*psize yarr = [0,-2,-1.4,-2,-1.4]*psize fill = 0 end 2: begin ;Up arrow xarr = [0,0,.5,0,-.5]*psize yarr = [0,2,1.4,2,1.4]*psize fill = 0 end 3: begin ;Star r = psize ang = (720. / 5*findgen(6) + 45) / !RADEG ;Define star angles every 144 deg xarr = r*cos(ang) & yarr = r*sin(ang) end 4: begin ;Triangle xarr = [-1,0,1,-1]*psize yarr = [-1,1,-1,-1]*psize end 5: begin ;Upside down triangle xarr = [-1, 0, 1, -1]*psize yarr = [ 1,-1, 1, 1]*psize end 6: begin ;Left pointing arrow yarr = [0, 0, 0.5, 0, -.5]*psize xarr = [0,-2,-1.4,-2,-1.4]*psize fill = 0 end 7: begin ;Left pointing arrow yarr = [ 0, 0, 0.5, 0, -.5] * psize xarr = [ 0, 2, 1.4, 2, 1.4] * psize fill = 0 end 8: begin ;Square xarr = [-1,-1,1, 1,-1] * psize yarr = [-1, 1,1,-1,-1] * psize end else: message,'Unknown plotting symbol value of '+strtrim(psym,2) endcase usersym, xarr, yarr, FILL = fill return end