Can I label contours with more than a single character- i.e levels?
This turns out to be nearly impossible. The codes I’ve seen which do it (e.g. some things like Basis based on NCAR graphics) require the ability to plot text at an angle, which in turn all but requires stroked text, neither of which the Gist graphics package can handle. Besides, the result is nearly always ugly. It turns out that the graphics package is already unreasonably dominated by the contour routines, and making the addition you want would require worsening what is already a bad situation. If you try to write the code you want, you will also discover it has a large artificial intelligence component in trying to decide where to put the labels — always a sign that you’re heading in the wrong direction! One more quick word about my graphics philosophy: I tried to make Yorick operate in two modes: (1) Quick and dirty working plots. The main idea behind legends and curve markers is to provide day-to-day diagnostic plots that get the information you want on your screen or on paper, *
