Re: Final call for bug reports

[Rik]

On 10/16/2013 10:00 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> 7) In the list of children associated with a figure, I'm trying to 
> determine which is an axes and which is a legend.  Try the following 
> commands:
>
> figure(10)
> x = [1:50]
> h = plot(x)
> legend(h, 'this is x');
> kids = get(gcf, 'Children')
> get(kids(1))
> [snip]
>      tag = legend
>      type = axes
> [snip]
> get(kids(2))
> [snip]
>      tag =
>      type = axes
> [snip]
>
> It's as though the "tag" for the legend actually should be the "type" 
> variable value.  There shouldn't be a tag there unless the user 
> specifies one.  This may have been introduced somewhere around the 
> following changeset: 
> http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/d99785217634
Blame The MathWorks.  Legends are implemented as an additional axes on the
figure with the tag set to "legend".  This is the compatible behavior.

--Rik