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bug #65904: copyobj figure missing legend markers

Submitter:  Al Cabato <acoustics>
Submitted:  Fri 21 Jun 2024 07:59:02 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Plotting with OpenGL Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Regression
Status:  Confirmed Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Open/Closed:  * Open
Release:  * 9.2.0 Operating System:  * Any
Fixed Release:  None Planned Release:  None
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Sat 06 Jul 2024 07:47:42 AM UTC, comment #3: 

Thanks for the patch! This patch also fixed a bug in Octave version 9.2.0 that the markers in the legend of a figure were not restored after saving the figure to disk, then after opening the figure from disk, the markers were missing!

My 'minimal working example' that I was about to post was:

% Minimal Working Example, Save & Load figure has missing markers in the legend
close all; clear all
figure(1)
ph=plot([1 2],[1 1],'-',[1 2],[2 2],'x',[1 2],[3 3],'+',[1 2],[4 4],'.')
xlim([0 3])
ylim([0 5])

objh = legend({'line','cross x','plus +','dot .'})

% Save the figure to disk
savefig('missingmarkers.ofig')

% Open the figure that was just saved, but the markers in the legend are missing!
openfig('missingmarkers.ofig')

If one were to inspect the Figures 1 and 2 from a non-patched version of Octave 9.2.0, one would see that in Figure 1 the markers are shown in the legend, but in Figure 2, after issuing the openfig(...) command, the markers are missing. This patch fixed the issue. Thank you!

John <yingwee>
Thu 27 Jun 2024 04:03:30 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Legend markers are handled specially in legend.m and their handles are not visible.  They are simply found with the property markertruesize.

In hdl2struct.m, these need to be added to the regular child lists for the legend, and not marked as special.

These changes seem to work for me:


@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ function s = hdl2struct (h)
         ## Check for polar plots with special "polar_grid" object
         ## FIXME: A hack to fix bug #62093.
         kids = [kids; findall(h, "tag", "polar_grid")];
+        ## Add legend markers which are normally hidden
+        kids = [kids; findall(h, '-depth', 1, 'type', 'line', '-property', 'markertruesize')];
       endif

       nkids = length (kids);
@@ -131,6 +133,10 @@ function hlist = getspecial (h)
   hlist = [];

   regkids = get (h, "children");
+  ## Add legend markers which are normally hidden to regkids
+  if ( strcmp (get (h, "tag"), 'legend') )
+    regkids = [regkids; findall(h, 'type', 'line', '-property', 'markertruesize')];
+  endif
   ## inline version of allchild() for performance
   set (0, "showhiddenhandles", "on");
   allkids = get (h, "children");


Al Cabato <acoustics>
Sat 22 Jun 2024 05:45:56 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Copying legends with markers used to work with Octave the version that was used the last time the sourceforge doc was generated.

I tested with Octave 6 (the oldest version I have at hand) and the regression seems to have happened before that, probably when the legend code was entirely rewritten.

The simplest way to reproduce is to run `demo copyobj 1`


Pantxo Diribarne <pantxo>
Group Member
Fri 21 Jun 2024 07:59:02 PM UTC, original submission:  

The legend is incorrect when using copyobj to copy a figure.  The legend in the new figure is missing markers.

Test using Demonstration 1 in the Octave Forge documentation.


Al Cabato <acoustics>

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2024-06-22 pantxo CategoryOctave Function Plotting with OpenGL
        Item GroupIncorrect Result Regression
        StatusNone Confirmed
        Operating SystemMicrosoft Windows Any
    2024-06-21 acoustics Attached File- Added copyobj.png, #56181

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