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[Gnuplot-info] XTick Labels?

[Robert H. <he...@de...>]

I downloaded the file at 
https://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_5.4/histograms.2.gnu
and edited to suit my data file:

#!/usr/bin/gnuplot -persist 
set datafile separator comma
set datafile columnheaders
set boxwidth 0.9 absolute
set style fill   solid 1.00 border lt -1
set key fixed right top vertical Right noreverse noenhanced autotitle nobox
set style histogram clustered gap 1 title textcolor lt -1
unset parametric
set datafile missing '-'
set style data histograms
set xtics border in scale 0,0 nomirror rotate by -45  autojustify
set xtics  norangelimit 
set xtics   ()
set title "Wendell Website Landing Pages" 
set xrange [ * : * ] noreverse writeback
set x2range [ * : * ] noreverse writeback
set yrange [ 0.00000 : 7000. ] noreverse writeback
set y2range [ * : * ] noreverse writeback
set zrange [ * : * ] noreverse writeback
set cbrange [ * : * ] noreverse writeback
set rrange [ * : * ] noreverse writeback
set colorbox vertical origin screen 0.9, 0.2 size screen 0.05, 0.6 front  noinvert bdefault
NO_ANIMATION = 1
plot "WendellWebsite-Jan1-Dec31-2025-Landing_page_Landing_page.csv" \
         using 1:xticlabels(1), '' u 2 ti col, '' u 3 ti col, '' u 4 ti col

But while it *mostly* works, it does not do the xtic labels, as shown in this 
screen shot:

https://www.deepsoft.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-from-2026-02-07-15-41-28.png

What am I doing wrong?

The data file looks like this:
# ----------------------------------------
# Landing page: Landing page
# Account: www.wendellmass.us
# Property: http://www.wendellmass.us - GA4
# ----------------------------------------
# 
# All Users
# Start date: 20250101
# End date: 20251231
Landing page,Sessions,Active users,New users,Average engagement time per session,Key events,Total revenue,Session key event rate
/,6936,3766,3239,71.99423298731257,0,0,0
(not set),1972,1005,0,12.278904665314402,0,0,0
/departments/library,1629,1092,918,36.09821976672806,0,0,0
/departments/recycling-and-transfer-station,1282,842,682,23.013260530421217,0,0,0
/town-government,543,273,175,93.43093922651934,0,0,0
/departments/public-meetings,397,160,86,69.7632241813602,0,0,0
/departments,367,304,211,116.20708446866485,0,0,0
/departments/property-assessment,351,291,233,34.69230769230769,0,0,0
/online-payment-bill-lookup,351,219,156,26.974358974358974,0,0,0
/departments/tax-collector,316,220,150,42.08227848101266,0,0,0
/departments/building-department,304,170,117,66.35197368421052,0,0,0
/departments/town-clerk,233,176,112,37.927038626609445,0,0,0
/good-neighbors,228,179,151,38.31140350877193,0,0,0
/jobs,223,182,144,27.60089686098655,0,0,0


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Re: [Gnuplot-info] XTick Labels?

[Norwid B. <nb...@ya...>]

Dear Robert

The example shared by you includes three consecutive lines relevant to the
management of xtics:

> set xtics border in scale 0,0 nomirror rotate by -45  autojustify
> set xtics  norangelimit 
> set xtics   ()

By `set xtics scale 0,0` you however set them invisible.  Compare for example
the result of 

```
set terminal png
set output "test_01.png"
set title "test 01"

set xtics in scale 0,0
plot sin(x)
```

with (an exaggerated example)

```
set terminal png
set output "test_02.png"
set title "test 02"

set xtics in scale 10,0
plot sin(x)
```

Equally, compare with the first example "US immigration from Europe by decade"
on <https://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_5.4/histograms2.html> -- sometimes the
tics extend beyond the bars (e.g., 1931--1940, Northern Europe) to be visible,
while e.g., about 1901--1910 they are not.  Here, `set xtics out` yields xtics
which don't enter the first quadrant and hence are not affected by the
histogram's bars.

In your example, the annotations to the abscissa are short; this is the reason
why I think to use `set xtics out` without a `rotate by -45` provides a result
easier to read and 

```
set xtics out border nomirror autojustify
set xtics  norangelimit 
```

might suffice.  Note `set xtics ()` can void your earlier list of instructions
about the xtics.

Best regards,

Norwid

Re: [Gnuplot-info] XTick Labels?

[Robert H. <he...@de...>]

None of this helps.  The X Tick labels are still the numberical indexes and 
not the text in column of the data file.

At Sun, 8 Feb 2026 11:38:29 +0100 Norwid Behrnd <nb...@ya...> wrote:

> 
> Dear Robert
> 
> The example shared by you includes three consecutive lines relevant to the
> management of xtics:
> 
> > set xtics border in scale 0,0 nomirror rotate by -45  autojustify
> > set xtics  norangelimit 
> > set xtics   ()
> 
> By `set xtics scale 0,0` you however set them invisible.  Compare for example
> the result of 
> 
> ```
> set terminal png
> set output "test_01.png"
> set title "test 01"
> 
> set xtics in scale 0,0
> plot sin(x)
> ```
> 
> with (an exaggerated example)
> 
> ```
> set terminal png
> set output "test_02.png"
> set title "test 02"
> 
> set xtics in scale 10,0
> plot sin(x)
> ```
> 
> Equally, compare with the first example "US immigration from Europe by decade"
> on <https://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_5.4/histograms2.html> -- sometimes the
> tics extend beyond the bars (e.g., 1931--1940, Northern Europe) to be visible,
> while e.g., about 1901--1910 they are not.  Here, `set xtics out` yields xtics
> which don't enter the first quadrant and hence are not affected by the
> histogram's bars.
> 
> In your example, the annotations to the abscissa are short; this is the reason
> why I think to use `set xtics out` without a `rotate by -45` provides a result
> easier to read and 
> 
> ```
> set xtics out border nomirror autojustify
> set xtics  norangelimit 
> ```
> 
> might suffice.  Note `set xtics ()` can void your earlier list of instructions
> about the xtics.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Norwid
> 
>                                                 
> 

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[Gnuplot-info] SOLVED Re: XTick Labels?

[Robert H. <he...@de...>]

At Sun,  8 Feb 2026 07:17:35 -0500 (EST) Robert Heller <he...@de...> wrote:

> 
> None of this helps.  The X Tick labels are still the numberical indexes and 
> not the text in column of the data file.
> 

I found my problem: doing "1:xtick(1)" is wrong!  I moved the ":xtic(1)" 
elsewhere in the using list and presto, things work.

> At Sun, 8 Feb 2026 11:38:29 +0100 Norwid Behrnd <nb...@ya...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Dear Robert
> > 
> > The example shared by you includes three consecutive lines relevant to the
> > management of xtics:
> > 
> > > set xtics border in scale 0,0 nomirror rotate by -45  autojustify
> > > set xtics  norangelimit 
> > > set xtics   ()
> > 
> > By `set xtics scale 0,0` you however set them invisible.  Compare for example
> > the result of 
> > 
> > ```
> > set terminal png
> > set output "test_01.png"
> > set title "test 01"
> > 
> > set xtics in scale 0,0
> > plot sin(x)
> > ```
> > 
> > with (an exaggerated example)
> > 
> > ```
> > set terminal png
> > set output "test_02.png"
> > set title "test 02"
> > 
> > set xtics in scale 10,0
> > plot sin(x)
> > ```
> > 
> > Equally, compare with the first example "US immigration from Europe by decade"
> > on <https://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo_5.4/histograms2.html> -- sometimes the
> > tics extend beyond the bars (e.g., 1931--1940, Northern Europe) to be visible,
> > while e.g., about 1901--1910 they are not.  Here, `set xtics out` yields xtics
> > which don't enter the first quadrant and hence are not affected by the
> > histogram's bars.
> > 
> > In your example, the annotations to the abscissa are short; this is the reason
> > why I think to use `set xtics out` without a `rotate by -45` provides a result
> > easier to read and 
> > 
> > ```
> > set xtics out border nomirror autojustify
> > set xtics  norangelimit 
> > ```
> > 
> > might suffice.  Note `set xtics ()` can void your earlier list of instructions
> > about the xtics.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Norwid
> > 
> >                                                 
> > 
> 

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