http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Stack-Label-bug-in-macro-tp5016655p5016664.html
I was using the macro recorder, one of the best inventions ever. But, copy and paste from the macro recorder seems to have quit working again on the Mac. I was in a hurry and didn’t want to keep creating new macros to copy single line command tests.
> On Jun 16, 2016, at 6:54 AM, Jan Eglinger <
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> Hi Glen,
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> to avoid mistakes like the one you mentioned, you can rely on the macro recorder [1].
> This is what it recorded when I used the 'Image > Stacks > Label...' command on a stack:
>
> run("Label...", "format=0 starting=1 interval=1 x=5 y=24 font=24 text=[ Frames] range=1-114 use");
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jan
>
> [1]:
http://imagej.net/Macro_recorder>
>
> On 15.06.2016 21:00, Glen MacDonald wrote:
>> Thanks Theresa,
>> My internal proof reader seems increasingly incompetent! I had also left out “=“ on the following line for time, which was perfectly working to give ‘0’ seconds for the initial time.
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>> Glen MacDonald
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>> University of Washington
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>>> On Jun 15, 2016, at 11:45 AM, Swayne, Theresa C. <
[hidden email]> wrote:
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>>>
>>> Hi Glen,
>>>
>>> I think there was an “=“ somehow missing in “starting 1".
>>>
>>> Try this (you might have to replace the automatic curly quotes with normal ones):
>>>
>>> run("Label...", "format=0 starting=1 interval=1 x=5 y=24 font=24 text=[ Frames] range=1-1000 use”);
>>>
>>> This line labels the first frame (using the Mitosis sample) with 1 as desired. But unfortunately, when I use the overlay option, I get the same label on every frame instead of an incremented label. This seems to be an overlay-specific issue that was discussed recently on this thread<
https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1606&L=IMAGEJ&D=0&1=IMAGEJ&9=A&J=on&d=No+Match;Match;Matches&z=4&P=29225>:
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https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind1606&L=IMAGEJ&D=0&1=IMAGEJ&9=A&J=on&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches&z=4&P=29225>>>
>>> If you can use a burned-on label instead of the overlay, the label will increment properly. (Remove the “use” option.)
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>> Theresa
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 15, 2016, at 2:22 PM, Glen MacDonald <
[hidden email]<mailto:
[hidden email]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Instructing the Image>Stacks>Label… command to print frame number on a stack, starting with ‘1’, records as this:
>>> run("Label...","format=0 starting 1 interval=1 x=5 y=24 font=24 text=[ Frames] range=1-1000 use”);
>>> The Label… preview displays correctly the first slice labeled as ‘1’.
>>>
>>> However, running this line in a macro prints ‘0’ on the first frame.
>>> I can work around it, but is an inconsistency.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Glen MacDonald
>>> Digital Microscopy Center
>>> Box 357923
>>> University of Washington
>>> Seattle, WA 98195-7923 USA
>>> (206) 616-4156
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