Re: xyplane tics too large with orthogonal splot views

[Ethan A M. <me...@uw...>]

On Thursday, 11 August 2022 15:06:40 PDT Dima Kogan wrote:
> Hi. I just made some 3D plots from an orthogonal side view (set view
> 90,0). This has special-case logic in gnuplot to treat it like a 2D plot
> in some ways. It looks like the logic isn't completely right, though,
> and the tics on the xy plane end up larger than they should. And the
> tics appear on both sides of the plane, which isn't obviously right. Can
> somebody please take a look?

I think there is not an easy fix for this.
The original code assumes that the vertical axis is "y" just
about everywhere, and calculates various scale factors using
that assumption. A complete fix would have to handle all the
various possible projections and rotations as special cases
wherever it makes a difference.

Possibly the odd placement of mirrored tics can be repaired,
or tic mirroring ignored in this projection.  I'll look at that.

But the tic length - meh. You can fix it for any given plot using
"set xtic scale" so IMHO it's not a high priority to rework all the code
just for that. But if someone is inspired to do so, fine - go for it.
I suggest that you file this as a bug report on the tracker so it
isn't forgotten.

	Ethan