Fix auto-legend for custom symbols #8711
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The issue was originally reported in GenericMappingTools/pygmt#1860.
Here is the CLI version to reproduce the issue:
The script fails with the following error:
The content of the hidden legend file is:
Apparently, the
S - krecords are incorrect, and they should beS - kflashandS - kQRinstead.This PR fixes the issue.
The output is:

The sizes of the symbols are a little too large in this case, but they are consistent with the sizes specified in the
-Soption. To have smaller sizes, users should add something like+S0.2cto the-loption.Closes GenericMappingTools/pygmt#1860