DOC: Improve the description of the -p option - #9142
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| - */zlevel* to indicate the z-level at which all 2D material, like the plot frame, is plotted (only valid when **-p** | ||
| is used in consort with **-Jz** or **-JZ**) [Default is at the bottom of the z-axis]. | ||
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| For frames used for animation, we fix the center of your data domain. Specify another center using one of the following |
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This sentence gives me the wrong impression that +w/+v only works for animations.
| different point instead, given in either data or plot coordinates, with one of the following modifiers: | ||
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| - **+w** - Project *lon0*/*lat0* (and *z0* if applicable) to the center of the page size. | ||
| - **+v** - Specify the coordinates of the projected 2-D view point as *x0*/*y0*. |
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"The center of the page size" is very confusing.
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When wrapping the
-poption in PyGMT, I feel the-pdocumentation is confusing and misleading. This PR improves it.See GenericMappingTools/pygmt#4176 (comment) for a related test to understand the behavior.