Hi Alain, you are looking for plstrl(), I think, which returns the length of the string in mm.
Regards, Arjen On 2010-01-13 16:15, Alain Baeckeroot wrote: > Hi > > I would like to draw a box containing the legend of the graph, in a box > with semi transparent background. So i need to know the lenght > (in pixel or win coordinates) of the string, in order to size the box. > > I tried `lenght = number_of_char(text) * 8 + 30; # pixels` > which does not work because the font is not fixed-width > > Is there a way to do do this ? > > Thanks, > Alain. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community > Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support > A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy > Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Plplot-general mailing list > Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
