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Improve the documentation of Figure.shift_origin() #536

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Add a reST comment to remind us to remove the note in GMT 6.1.1
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Expand Up @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ def shift_origin(self, xshift=None, yshift=None):
Shift plot origin in x and/or y directions.

This method shifts plot origin relative to the current origin by
(*xshift*,*yshift*) and optionally append the length unit (**c**,
(*xshift*, *yshift*) and optionally append the length unit (**c**,
**i**, or **p**).

Prepend **a** to shift the origin back to the original position after
Expand All @@ -308,14 +308,22 @@ def shift_origin(self, xshift=None, yshift=None):
move the origin relative to its current location.

Detailed usage at
:gmt-docs:`GMT_Docs.html#plot-positioning-and-layout-the-x-y-options`
:gmt-docs:`cookbook/options.html#plot-positioning-and-layout-the-x-y-options`

Parameters
----------
xshift : str
Shift plot origin in x direction.
yshift : str
Shift plot origin in y direction.

Notes
-----
For GMT 6.1.0, this function can't be used as the first plotting
function of :meth:`pygmt.Figure`, since it relies the *region* and
*projection* settings from previous commands.

.. TODO: Remove the notes when PyGMT bumps to GMT>=6.1.1.
"""
self._preprocess()
args = ["-T"]
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