Re: Nasti jitter in plotsize
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- Subject: [mg118011] Re: Nasti jitter in plotsize
- From: Helen Read <readhpr at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 04:15:28 -0400 (EDT)
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On 4/7/2011 8:07 AM, roby wrote: > Dear all, > > Manipulate[Plot[Sin[1/k x], {x, -k \[Pi], k \[Pi]}], {k, 1, 10}] > > I want to scale my x-axis simultaneously with my function (no I dont > want to zoom the function) > What happens is a small jitter of the plot size. > This jitter exactly happens when the most left (most right) tick mark > value coincidences with the plot border. > I tried to remove the first and last tick of the final plot to avoid > the problem. > > I was able to extract the ticks and remove the very first and last > ones of the plot like this: > With[{k=3}, > (Plot[Sin[1/k], {x, - k \[Pi], k \[Pi]}] // First@AbsoluteOptions[#, > Ticks]&) /. > (Ticks -> {x_, y_}) :> (Ticks -> {Rest@Most[x], Rest@Most@y}) > ] > > but I failed by automaticaly (not by hand) replacing the original > ticks with with the modifyed ticks in the plot. Add some ImagePadding. Also, I think it is almost always a good idea to set an explicit PlotRange when using Manipulate. Manipulate[ Plot[Sin[1/k x], {x, -k \[Pi], k \[Pi]}, PlotRange -> {-1.2, 1.2}, ImagePadding -> 20], {k, 1, 10}] -- Helen Read University of Vermont