updated gitignore and saving workk

.gitignore

@@ -5,3 +5,11 @@
 *.pyc
 __pycache__
 */__pycache__
+mcsm_analysis_fixme
+del
+examples
+example
+scratch
+test
+plotting_test
+scripts_old

scripts/plotting/legend_adjustment.R

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+
+library(ggplot2)
+library(gtable)
+library(lemon)
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54438495/shift-legend-into-empty-facets-of-a-faceted-plot-in-ggplot2
+
+shift_legend2 <- function(p) {
+  # check if p is a valid object
+  if(!(inherits(p, "gtable"))){
+    if(inherits(p, "ggplot")){
+      gp <- ggplotGrob(p) # convert to grob
+    } else {
+      message("This is neither a ggplot object nor a grob generated from ggplotGrob. Returning original plot.")
+      return(p)
+    }
+  } else {
+    gp <- p
+  }
+  
+  # check for unfilled facet panels
+  facet.panels <- grep("^panel", gp[["layout"]][["name"]])
+  empty.facet.panels <- sapply(facet.panels, function(i) "zeroGrob" %in% class(gp[["grobs"]][[i]]), 
+                               USE.NAMES = F)
+  empty.facet.panels <- facet.panels[empty.facet.panels]
+  
+  if(length(empty.facet.panels) == 0){
+    message("There are no unfilled facet panels to shift legend into. Returning original plot.")
+    return(p)
+  }
+  
+  # establish name of empty panels
+  empty.facet.panels <- gp[["layout"]][empty.facet.panels, ]
+  names <- empty.facet.panels$name
+  
+  # return repositioned legend
+  reposition_legend(p, 'center', panel=names)
+}