Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/checkplotoptions.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/checkplotoptions.py	(revision 19425)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/checkplotoptions.py	(revision 19426)
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 		if not isinstance(textpos,list):
 			raise Exception('textposition should be passed as a list')
-		textx=[item[0] for item in textpos]
-		texty=[item[1] for item in textpos]
+                if any(isinstance(i,list) for i in textpos):
+		    textx=[item[0] for item in textpos]
+		    texty=[item[1] for item in textpos]
+                else:
+                    textx=[textpos[0]]
+                    texty=[textpos[1]]
 		if len(textx)!=numtext or len(texty)!=numtext:
 			raise Exception('textposition should contain one list of x,y vertices for every text instance')