[Gnuplot-bugs] tics crashing into y axis with (e)pslatex terminal

[John W. E. <jw...@be...>]

After upgrading to gnuplot 4.0, I've noticed that the y-tic marks
crash into the axis when I'm making 3-d plots with the pslatex driver.
I also see similar results with the epslatex driver.  Here is an
example of the gnuplot commands I'm using

  set nokey
  set hidden3d
  set view 30, 145, 1, 1
  set xrange [-8:8]
  set yrange [-6:6]
  set zrange [-0.2:1]
  set isosamples 21
  set terminal pslatex
  set output "bug.tex"
  splot sin(sqrt(x**2+y**2+1e-16))/sqrt(x**2+y**2+1e-16)

and the main.tex file:

  \documentclass{article}
  \begin{document}
  \input{bug.tex}
  \end{document}

The TeX part of the bug.tex file includes the lines

  \put(372,1487){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 1}}%
  \put(372,1431){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0.8}}%
  \put(372,1376){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0.6}}%
  \put(372,1320){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0.4}}%
  \put(372,1264){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0.2}}%
  \put(372,1208){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0}}%
  \put(372,1153){\makebox(0,0)[r]{-0.2}}%
  \put(1351,366){\makebox(0,0){ 4}}%         < these labels crash
  \put(1172,485){\makebox(0,0){ 2}}%         < into the y axis
  \put(994,603){\makebox(0,0){ 0}}%          <
  \put(815,722){\makebox(0,0){-2}}%          <
  \put(636,841){\makebox(0,0){-4}}%          <
  \put(457,960){\makebox(0,0){-6}}%          <
  \put(1815,265){\makebox(0,0)[l]{ 6}}%
  \put(2006,328){\makebox(0,0)[l]{ 4}}%
  \put(2198,390){\makebox(0,0)[l]{ 2}}%
  \put(2389,452){\makebox(0,0)[l]{ 0}}%
  \put(2581,515){\makebox(0,0)[l]{-2}}%
  \put(2772,577){\makebox(0,0)[l]{-4}}%
  \put(2964,639){\makebox(0,0)[l]{-6}}%
  \put(3155,702){\makebox(0,0)[l]{-8}}%

If I use gnuplot 3.7.2, I don't see the problem and the TeX part of
the file includes the lines

  \put(371,1487){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 1}}%
  \put(371,1431){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0.8}}%
  \put(371,1376){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0.6}}%
  \put(371,1320){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0.4}}%
  \put(371,1264){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0.2}}%
  \put(371,1208){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0}}%
  \put(371,1153){\makebox(0,0)[r]{-0.2}}%
  \put(1343,361){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 4}}%
  \put(1164,479){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 2}}%
  \put(986,598){\makebox(0,0)[r]{ 0}}%
  \put(807,717){\makebox(0,0)[r]{-2}}%
  \put(628,836){\makebox(0,0)[r]{-4}}%
  \put(449,954){\makebox(0,0)[r]{-6}}%
  \put(1802,279){\makebox(0,0){ 6}}%
  \put(1994,342){\makebox(0,0){ 4}}%
  \put(2185,404){\makebox(0,0){ 2}}%
  \put(2377,466){\makebox(0,0){ 0}}%
  \put(2568,529){\makebox(0,0){-2}}%
  \put(2760,591){\makebox(0,0){-4}}%
  \put(2951,653){\makebox(0,0){-6}}%
  \put(3143,716){\makebox(0,0){-8}}%

Note the change in the way the x and y axis labels are typeset:

	   3.7.2              4.0
  y label  \makebox[r]{...}   \makebox{...}
  x label  \makebox{...}      \makebox[l]{...}

Why the change?

Thanks,

jwe