Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dieter Britz Newsgroups: comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot Subject: Re: Axis labelling with many decimals Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:21:34 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:21:34 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx05.eternal-september.org; posting-host="ac27bc306e2949aa06a7f4657450a20d"; logging-data="2200"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18VHGyRkzH3JCSIc8UMZ+9Zto9MOOqntxY=" User-Agent: Pan/0.135 (Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea; GIT 30dc37b master) Cancel-Lock: sha1:lYZtfiHlTBMObmlWVH+PV/uCXBY= Xref: csiph.com comp.graphics.apps.gnuplot:1982 On Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:47:10 -0700, sfeam wrote: > Dieter Britz wrote: > >> On Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:53:23 -0700, sfeam wrote: >> >>> 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? >>> >>> # right justify the labels set xtics rotate by 90 right >> >> That doesn't work. > > "doesn't work" is not a helpful description. > It certainly works in general, and it works using the commands above > when tested here. OK, so here is what I did, and what gnuplot said: ... set xrange [0.87845758:0.87845769] set xtics 0.87845760, 0.00000005, 0.87845770 scale 2, 1 set mxtics 5 set ytics 1.1863, 0.0001, 1.1873 set xtics rotate by 90 right ... line 0: undefined variable: right -- Dieter Britz