there's the problem:
> gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 2
with this version i'm also able to reproduce this behaviour.
you need at least gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 3
see http://www.gnuplot.info/announce.4.2.3 :
New features, changes and fixes in gnuplot version 4.2.3
===========================================================
...
* CHANGE estimate the space for rotated tick labels on x and x2 axes
mazeika wrote:
>
> Good point. In short, x11 terminal always ``eats'' the last character of
> the longest string. eps does not allocate the space correctly too. png is
> very problematic.
>
> The script:
>
> set terminal postscript eps
> #set terminal x11
> #set terminal png
> set output 'b.eps'
> set style data histogram
> set style fill solid
> set xtics rotate by -90
>
> plot 'b.data' u 2:xtic(1)
>
> The data:
>
> 1 1
> 10 2
> 100 3
> 1000 4
> 10000 5
> 100000 6
>
> (added one more line). The version of gnuplot on debian etch:
>
> $ gnuplot --version
> gnuplot 4.2 patchlevel 2
>
> The x11 output:
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p25763332/x11.png
>
> The eps output:
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p25763332/eps.png
>
> The png output:
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p25763332/b.png
>
> real world example (eps terminal):
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p25763332/a.png
>
>
> Thomas Sefzick wrote:
>>
>> which terminal are you using?
>> what does your complete plot script look like?
>>
>> i can't reproduce the behaviour you describe with a
>> x11 terminal.
>>
>>
>> mazeika wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help. bmargin can take only positive numbers, and does
>>> not move the margin for negative ones... I was not able to increase
>>> space with bmargin..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thomas Sefzick wrote:
>>>>
>>>> set bmargin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> mazeika wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way I can increase the vertical space for xtics in
>>>>> gnuplot? It seems that gnuplot gives a fixed amount of vertical space
>>>>> for the xtics independent of the size of the labels. Consider the
>>>>> following data:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1 1
>>>>> 10 2
>>>>> 100 3
>>>>> 1000 4
>>>>> 10000 5
>>>>>
>>>>> and the following commands:
>>>>>
>>>>> set style data histogram
>>>>> set xtics rotate by -90
>>>>> plot 'b.data' u 2:xtic(1)
>>>>>
>>>>> Everything that has more than 4 characters does not fit at the bottom.
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
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