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Comments can be set either to the left or the right side of the chart as dictated by the
side
attribute. This attribute can also take the value end
, which will turn
the comment to an endnote. In fact endnotes are comments with their side
attribute
set to end
.
So you can convert all your comments to endnotes by
redefining the side
attribute of the ‘comment’ style, as below.
For ease of use the comment.text
and the comment.side
chart options
can also be used to set comment properties46.
defstyle note [text.size.normal=16, text.size.small=10]; defstyle comment [side=end]; comment.side=right; comment.text.italics=yes;
When the chart contains comments on the side a line is drawn separating the comments
from the chart text. You can change the properties of this line via the
‘comment.line.*’ chart options. Only the width, color and type of the line
can be changed (not its radius or corner). You can turn this line off by
selecting the ‘none’ line type. Similar, the background of the comments can be set
via the ‘comment.fill.*’ chart options. These options can also be made part of designs.
Finally, the space available on the side for comments can be adjusted with the
hspace left|right comment
command, see Spacing.
These are equivalent to changing the ‘comment’ style. There is no such shortcut for endnotes, yet.