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From: Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot
Subject: Re: Axis labelling with many decimals
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:41:58 +0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:28:25 +0000, Dieter Britz wrote:

> I have an x-range that is a very tight bunch with many decimals,
> so that the numbers overlap. I avoid that by rotating by 90 deg,
> but they then intrude into the frame:
> 
> set format x '%10.8f'
> set xrange [0.87845758:0.87845769]
> set xtics  0.87845758, 0.00000001, 0.87845769 rotate by 90
> 
> How can I lower the labels so that they are outside the frame?

PS: I also want the symbol '{/Symbol d}' to label the x-axis and
it too must not overlap with anything.

-- 
Dieter Britz