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Mention GMT docs regarding more complicated legends in gallery example "Legends" #2606

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Mention GMT docs regarding more complicated legends
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The :meth:`pygmt.Figure.legend` method can automatically create a legend for
symbols plotted using :meth:`pygmt.Figure.plot`. Legend entries are only
created when the ``label`` parameter is used.
created when the ``label`` parameter is used. For more complicated legends,
including legends with multiple columns, users have to write an ASCII file
with instructions for the layout of the legend items and pass it
to the ``spec`` parameter of :meth:`pygmt.Figure.legend`. For details on
how to set up such a file, please see the GMT documentation at
https://docs.generic-mapping-tools.org/latest/legend.html#legend-codes.
"""
import pygmt

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