Re: Multiplot fails in postscript mode

[Hans-Bernhard B. <br...@ph...>]

On Sat, 5 Jun 2004, Daniel J Sebald wrote:

> wanted the following
> 
> 1)  6 x 1 configuration, i.e., six plots stacked vertically.
> 2)  Tic marks outside the borders because otherwise they would interfere 
> with what is in the plot.
> 3)  All six plots share the same x-axis.  Hence, to free up space, I 
> wanted only the bottom plot to have units and tic marks.
> 4)  I wanted just one y-axis label, centered somewhere between the third 
> and fourth plots.
> 
> OK, it is #3 that really poses the problem.  Here is a string of 
> commands that basically captures the ideas I used to lay out the multiplot:
[...]

> If you enter these commands, you'll see what the main issue is.  That 
> bottom plot is different in terms of label configuration.  The way 
> gnuplot works, when one says "size" it refers to the overall dimension 
> of the plot *including* labels.  

In the terms defined in "help glossary": 'set size' fixes the size of
the plot, not of the graph, based on the assumption that it's the "real"
size of the output (i.e. the plot, including all annotations outside the
graph box) you usually have to control.  

But all is not lost yet.  This situation is exactly what 'set lmargin' and
friends exist for.  They let you fix the relation between the plot and the
graph by overriding the automatically determined margins.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (br...@ph...)
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