Re: Aw: automatic axis ranges

[Allin C. <cot...@wf...>]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016, "Bastian Märkisch" wrote:

>> 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".

Thanks! Not sure how I missed that.

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