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#722 "set jitter" - adds random offset to points or impulses

Milestone: Version 6

Status: closed-accepted

Owner: nobody

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Priority: 5

Updated: 2025-07-21

Created: 2015-09-07

Creator: Ethan Merritt

Private: No

This patch adds a new command "set jitter <x>, <y>" that introduces a random offset to the plotted coordinates. The intent is to spread out point that would otherwise superimpose exactly so that a feeling of local density is retained for a non-uniform distribution of points with discrete coordinates.

I don't actually like the result very well, but maybe it will inspire a nicer version.
See, for example, the "beeswarm" mode in R:
http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/~eklund/beeswarm/

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Ethan Merritt - 2015-09-07

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Ethan Merritt - 2015-09-10

Much nicer version inspired by the beeswarm figures.

Last edit: Ethan Merritt 2015-09-10

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Ethan Merritt - 2015-10-15

status: open --> closed-accepted
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