[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #60133] Setting 'position' property of the legend messes the plot

[Valdas]

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #60133 (project octave):

 I tested the patch:
 - in the created plot the position of legend is as expected,
 - but the layout becomes ruined after you resize the window.

 After analyzing the code of the "legend.m" file I came to the conclusion that
the only way to get same result as I accomplished half year ago with v6.0.0dev
is to use workarounds like:
   # the legend always restores 'position' to the own calculated values, so we
must resist
   dellistener(h_legend, 'position');
   addlistener(h_legend, 'position',
@my_function_which_sets_calculated_position);
   # when the legend is in a plot (even if 'location' is set to 'none') I cant
change 'position' of the plot (bug?), 
   #  because the legend takes the control of 'looseinset' of the plot axes
every time something changes in the figure
   dellistener(h_axes_of_plot, 'looseinset');
   addlistener(h_axes_of_plot, 'looseinset',
@my_function_which_sets_calculated_looseinset);
I attached a pic showing what I have achieved with these workarounds.

 I think that "resize the legend while maintaining automatic layout" is
unfixable due the way the legend is now implemented. Perhaps the code
refactoring of the "legend.m" file is not done yet and we must wait until
mechanisms to achieve mentioned result were available.

(file #50974)
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