figcopyright

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - Visualization
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 5.1, Creation date: 2021-12-26, Last change: 2025-09-15

draws a copyright marker inside of the current figure



See Also: username , pixelofaxis , SGfigurefooter

Example Illustration

missing image of figcopyright(cname)

Syntax

[h,lc]=figcopyright([cname])

Input Parameter

cname: copyright owner; default is user name

Output Parameter

h: handle to the text
lc: position if text in gca

Examples


clf; figcopyright; shg
clf; figcopyright(' by Franz Irlinger'); shg



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Algorithm (Workflow)

The function figcopyright is designed to add a copyright marker inside the current figure in MATLAB. It is part of the SolidGeometry library and was introduced in version 5.1. The function takes optional input parameters and returns handles to the text and its position.

Input Parameters

Output Results

Algorithm Steps

  1. Retrieve the copyright owner name (cname) from the input parameters. If not provided, use the current username.
  2. Convert the username to lowercase and check if it matches 'lueth' or 'timlueth'. If so, and if cname is empty, set cname to 'TL'.
  3. If cname is still empty, set it to the username.
  4. Get the position and pixel information of the current axis using pixelofaxis.
  5. Format the copyright text using the current year and cname.
  6. If the username is 'lueth' or 'timlueth', calculate the position for the text within the axis limits.
  7. Create a text object at the calculated position with the formatted copyright text.
  8. Set the font size of the text using the fontsize function.
  9. Update the figure display with drawnowvid.
  10. If the username is not 'lueth' or 'timlueth', return an empty handle.
Algorithm explaination created using ChatGPT on 2025-08-19 08:30. (Please note: No guarantee for the correctness of this explanation)

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