Re: [Gnuplot-info] more space for xtics

[Thomas S. <t.s...@fz...>]

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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