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From: sfeam <sfeam@users.sourceforge.net>
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Subject: Re: "~a{0.8-}" notation confuses legend arrangement
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Ryo wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Is this a bug?   When I use the "~a{0.8-}" notation, the legend
> suddenly becomes horizontal.  For example,
> 
> set terminal postscript eps color 20 enhanced
> set output "tmp.eps"
> set key vertical
> plot sin(x) t "~{/Symbol k}{0.5\261}" lw 3 lc 0, \
>      cos(x) t "{/Symbol k}" lw 3 lc 0
> #plot sin(x) t "{/Symbol k}" lw 3 lc 0, \
> #     cos(x) t "{/Symbol k}" lw 3 lc 0
> set output
> set terminal wxt
> 
> If you comment out the first plot command and use the second version,
> the legends are arranged vertically, as expected.
> 
> Whether this is a bug or not, I need to fix it.  Could somebody
> provide a workaround?

Work-around:   Add a space before the closing double-quote sign.
  
   plot sin(x) t "~{/Symbol k}{0.5\261} " lw 3 lc 0, \
        cos(x) t "{/Symbol k}" lw 3 lc 0

> 
> Thank you,
> Ryo