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Abbrev(axis) - Abbreviate leading fields within numerical axis labels?

Description:
This attribute controls the appearance of an annotated coordinate grid (drawn with the AST_GRID routine) by determining whether matching leading fields should be removed from adjacent numerical axis labels. It takes a separate value for each physical axis of a Plot so that, for instance, the setting "Abbrev(2)=0" specifies that matching leading fields should not be removed on the second axis.

If the Abbrev value of a Plot is non-zero (the default), then leading fields will be removed from adjacent axis labels if they are equal.

Type:
Integer (boolean).
Class Applicability:
Plot
All Plots have this attribute.
Notes:
  • If no axis is specified, (e.g. "Abbrev" instead of "Abbrev(2)"), then a "set" or "clear" operation will affect the attribute value of all the Plot axes, while a "get" or "test" operation will use just the Abbrev(1) value.


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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
24th May 2011
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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