Re: Position of tick labels in 2D plots
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- Subject: [mg38805] Re: Position of tick labels in 2D plots
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 06:10:27 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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- Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de
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Hi,
Frame->True and FrameTicks-> _
and your ticks will never overlap the drawing area and
it looks better because it guide the eyes.
Regards
Jens"D.J. Wischik" wrote:
>
> I have a 2D plot, whose PlotRange is {{0,10},{-5,0}}. Since all the action
> takes place in the lower right hand quadrant, I would like the tick
> marks and the numbers on the axes to be positioned outside this quadrant:
> thus
> 2 4 6 8
> | | | |
> ----------------
> |
> -2 -|
> |
> -4 -|
> |
>
> I am using the Ticks option, to ensure that the tick marks are drawn
> above the x-axis and to the left of the y-axis. The tick labels for
> the y-axis are automatically drawn to the left of the y-axis, but
> those for the x-axis default to below the x-axis.
>
> How can I change this behaviour?
>
> Damon Wischik.
"D.J. Wischik" wrote:
>
> I have a 2D plot, whose PlotRange is {{0,10},{-5,0}}. Since all the action
> takes place in the lower right hand quadrant, I would like the tick
> marks and the numbers on the axes to be positioned outside this quadrant:
> thus
> 2 4 6 8
> | | | |
> ----------------
> |
> -2 -|
> |
> -4 -|
> |
>
> I am using the Ticks option, to ensure that the tick marks are drawn
> above the x-axis and to the left of the y-axis. The tick labels for
> the y-axis are automatically drawn to the left of the y-axis, but
> those for the x-axis default to below the x-axis.
>
> How can I change this behaviour?
>
> Damon Wischik.