Re: Limit number of axis ticks?

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

> Bug #2117370 in essence complains that if you foolishly set too
> small an axis tick increment, the number of ticks generated will
> overwhelm your system. In the case provided, the program was
> trying to generated > 10^9 labelled tick marks.
> 
> Can anyone see a problem with sanity-checking the values of
> start, end, and increment in the "set {xyz}tic" command, and
> refusing to draw more ticks than the resolution of the axis?

I like this solution - I've been touched by the "gnuplot deadlock" due to 
too many tics several times.

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