Chapter 8. All about axes
This chapter covers
- Using multiple axes
- Selecting plot ranges
- Customizing tic marks and tic labels
- Plotting time series with gnuplot
In this chapter, we finally come to coordinate axes and their labeling. Treating them last, after discussing plot styles and decorations, may seem surprising, given how critical well-labeled coordinate axes are to achieving an informative graph. On the other hand, gnuplot’s default behavior for axes-related options is adequate in almost all situations, so explicit customization is rarely required.
One topic deserves special consideration: the use of multiple axes on the same plot. We’ll discuss this first. Then we’ll move on and describe all the ways axes and their labels can be ...
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