Re: Winding down patches...

[Petr M. <mi...@ph...>]

> >>This problem is the result of a bit of sloppiness in programming and trying to 
> >>accomplish the whole tic layout in a simple hunk of code when it can't be done. 
> >>  Basically, the fact is we *know* the beginning and end of the ranges as 
> >>entered.  Why toss that information away by doing x_tic = x_min + x_delta + 
> >>x_delta + x_delta + ...?
> > 
> > 
> > Because it is bad to have vanishingly small changes in the specified range
> > cause large changes in the plot layout?
> 
> Is the argument that a range [0:1.99805] should result in a plot having the same 
> appearance as with range [0:2] (which they currently aren't)?  I.e., we're off 
> by 0.0019500 for a range of 1.99805, or 0.0975 percent so no big difference? 
> Hans-Bernhard suggested not doing such a thing.  The fix would be to simply not 
> draw the tic and verticle dotted line outside the border for range [0:1.99805]. 

We may not do this in real graph coordinates, but in terminal coordinates. 
If center of the left/right grid line is smaller/larger than center of the 
border line, then don't draw that grid line.

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