Re: [Gnuplot-info] LaTeX control characters in major tics labels

[Hans-Bernhard B. <HBB...@t-...>]

On 13.03.2012 23:33, Filip Hejda wrote:

> I was using G N U P L O T Version 4.2 patchlevel 6 with epsLaTeX export.

That version is from 2009.  Version 4.6 is just being released.  So I'll 
suggest you update sometime soon.

> I used set format "$%g$" as encouraged in gnuplot help. I wanted to
> conform with central European convention of decimal sign and to
> prevent LaTeX form making space behind such decimal sign I used set
> decimalsign "{,}".

You may be better off using single-quoted strings for those, i.e. '{,}'.

> Gnuplot help tells the solution of such problem for the key using the
> width setting with negative value. But I haven't found any solution for
> tics. Is there any way to tell gnuplot to subtract that four lengths of a
> character from calculated space for tics labels?

That reasoning is based on the assumption that there is such a thing as 
"four lengths of a character" --- using proportional fonts in an 
advanced type-setter like LaTeX, that's not the case.

That said, the thing you're looking for would be the 'offset' option to 
"set xtics" et al.