Re: [Gnuplot-info] problems with polar plot: no negative axis labels

[Johannes R. <ja...@ho...>]

@Mauricio: Thanks for the workaround to this "feature" ;-)

@Marek: Thanks for the explanation.

Is it a feature I can deactivate? My problem is the following: I want to plot something in the x-y-plane, using polar coordinates, so having a minus sign would be very nice.

Cheers,
Johannes Rauh

> It's not an error, it's a feature.  The numbers you read are NOT
> y-values - you're plotting in polar coordinate system, aren't you?
> So, what you see, is a set of r-values, and those are non-negative.
> 
> Cheers,
> Marek Gutowski
> 
> Johannes Rauh wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have a problem with gnuplot: When I do a polar plot, like e.g.
> > 
> > set polar
> > plot cos(t)
> > 
> > the minus signs are missing on the axis, so the labels at the y-axis go
> > 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> > Johannes Rauh