Aw: automatic axis ranges

[Bastian M. <bma...@we...>]

> Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. März 2016 um 16:08 Uhr
> Von: "Allin Cottrell" <cot...@wf...>
> An: gnu...@li...
> Betreff: automatic axis ranges
>
> When plotting data with points, if I allow the x- and y-ranges to be 
> set automatically they can end up only just encompassing the data, 
> such that some points are right on the axes and become almost 
> invisible. Here's a trivial example:
> 
> plot '-' w p notitle
> 1.2 3.1
> 2.2 2.5
> 3.3 5.0
> 4.4 3.3
> 5.5 2.8
> e
> 
> It takes some visual effort to detect 3 of the 5 points.
> 
> I know I can set the xrange and/or yrange manually, but I'm wondering 
> if I'm missing some more automated means of saying, in effect, "leave 
> a little space around the points".
> 

Yes there is. See "help offsets".

> -- 
> Allin Cottrell
> Department of Economics
> Wake Forest University, NC
> 
>