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Re: Xtics offset

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On 16.08.2015 00:57, Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch wrote:
> Am 15.08.2015 um 12:57 schrieb Janis Papanagnou:
>> On 15.08.2015 12:34, Hans-Bernhard Bröker wrote:
>>> Am 15.08.2015 um 02:05 schrieb Janis Papanagnou:
>>>
>>>> So I worked around the issue with 'set xtics ... offset ...'.
>>>
>>> Looks like you should have read more of the documentation about that option.
>>
>> I've read it - but certainly not the whole 225 pages but only the matches of
>> my searches for the respected keywords -, and therefore I am asking, because
>> it was not clear.
>>
> 
> He meant just the section about "offset" under "set xtics". ;-)

Thanks! - I already knew about the 'offset first'; actually I started from
that point. (Please see my recent posting about my additional insights where
the actual problem seems to be - 'logscale y' with 'xtics offset first'.)

> 
>>>
>>>> The problem I am facing is that the effect of any hard coded offset will
>>>> depend on the number of data on the xaxis;
>>>
>>> Only if you specify it in the wrong coordinate system.
>>
>> Sadly this statement is not helpful without explanation or concrete sample.
>>
> 
> It says you can specify the coordinate system for the offset. Use
> "first" instead of the default "screen" and give an offset of half a
> year (in seconds).
> 
> 	set xtics offset first 365./2*24*3600, 0

I used such code (though in my recent tries I used absolute numbers instead
of the more legible expressions, because I wanted to rule out problems here).

But wait! - I seem to have missed that final '0'. (Have to look its meaning
up in the manual.)

> 
>>>
>>>> I'm using gnuplot 4.4 PL2
>>>
>>> Then you should consider updating.  That version is 5 years old.
>>
>> I'm using the software installed on my system and not overwrite the defaults
>> by any appearing new release.
> 
> Just install locally. Or try pestering your sysadmin about updating
> your distribution. From my experience, the latter is a lot harder. ;-)

The point is that I had made bad experience with updates of gnuplot; older
gnuplot programs did not work any more, and I had to spend more time than
worth to spend for the project to fix the gnuplot-incompatibility-issues.
(I use that tool maybe once a year, so I am reluctant to jump on every new
release. So, please, bear with me! :-)

Thanks for your explanations!

Janis

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Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-15 02:05 +0200
  Re: Xtics offset Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2015-08-15 12:34 +0200
    Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-15 12:57 +0200
      Re: Xtics offset Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2015-08-15 21:38 +0200
        [meta] Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-15 23:34 +0200
      Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 00:57 +0200
        Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 01:15 +0200
          Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 01:59 +0200
  Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 01:04 +0200
    Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 01:11 +0200
      Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 01:22 +0200
        Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 01:57 +0200
          [meta] Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 14:03 +0200
            Re: [meta] Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 14:49 +0200
              Re: [meta] Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 15:35 +0200
                Re: [meta] Re: Xtics offset Ethan A Merritt <merritt@u.washington.edu> - 2015-08-17 10:26 -0700
                Re: [meta] Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-17 21:27 +0200
        Re: Xtics offset Karl-Friedrich Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net> - 2015-08-16 02:19 +0200
          Re: Xtics offset Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-16 14:22 +0200

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