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tommy.carstensen
tommy.carstensen

Reputation: 9622

gnuplot, hide default xtics, add xtics

I am trying to remove the xtics from a plot (text labels and small vertical lines) and replace with my own customized xtics (labels vertical lines). I could add text labels and arrows without heads instead of xtics (http://gnuplot.sourceforge.net/demo/textrotate.html), but there has to be a simpler solution.

I tried this:

unset xtics
set xtics format ""
set xtics scale 0
set xtics add ("someTicLabel1" someFloat1)
set xtics add ("someTicLabel2" someFloat2)

It gets rid of the default xtics labels, but the xtic vertical lines remain. How do I get rid of them?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 23954

Answers (2)

kavadias
kavadias

Reputation: 1142

In case someone really needs to remove the ticks and not just their labels...

unset ytics
set ytics format '' scale 0

unset ytics (xtics etc) just restores the default ticks.

set ytics format '' (xtics etc) just removes the labels of default ticks.

set ytics scale 0 (xtics etc) makes default ticks' size 0.

Btw, this still does not remove the default ticks ' gridlines, if you do set grid ytics back lt 1 lw 1 lc rgb "grey" (xtics etc) you will see them. Of course, there is set grid noytics (noxtics etc).

In other words, I have not found a way to remove the ticks, but only to make them invisible...

Upvotes: 2

tommy.carstensen
tommy.carstensen

Reputation: 9622

I read a solution to a similar problem (gnuplot: keep tics, remove labels) and I realized the solution to my problem is not to use set xtics add, but set xtics:

unset xtics
set xtics format " "
set xtics ("someTicLabel1" someFloat1, "someTicLabel2" someFloat2)

Problem solved. Thanks.

Upvotes: 11

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