From: Steven T. <sta...@te...> - 2004-04-28 22:50:02
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The manual claims that the default format string is "%g", but src/axis.h actually has #define DEF_FORMAT "% g" This space is significant to (at least) users of the epslatex terminal, since with the default format, x-axis tics at non-negative values get typeset by, e.g., \put(x,y){\makebox(0,0){\strut{} 123}} In this context, the space is significant; the effect is that x-axis tic labels are not properly centred on their tics, but slightly offset to the right. The manual does recommend set format '$%g$' to LaTeX users, which by omitting the space does indeed fix the alignment problem (besides getting proper negative signs by using math mode). I propose that gnuplot.texi be amended to give the correct default format string, and to describe the space along with the other modifiers. See the attached patch for an example. -- Steven Taschuk "[W]e must be very careful when we give advice sta...@te... to younger people: sometimes they follow it!" -- "The Humble Programmer", Edsger Dijkstra |