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136 gnuplot 4.3 70 SET-SHOW
set tics {front | back}
unset tics
show tics
The options in the first set above can be applied individually to any or all axes, i.e., x, y, z, x2, y2, and
cb.
Set tics front or back applies to all axes at once, but only for 2D plots (not splot). It controls whether
the tics are placed behind or in front of the plot elements, in the case that there is overlap.
axis or border tells gnuplot to put the tics (both the tics themselves and the accompanying labels)
along the axis or the border, respectively. If the axis is very close to the border, the axis option will
move the tic labels to outside the border in case the border is printed (see set border (p. 89)). The
relevant margin settings will usually be sized badly by the automatic layout algorithm in this case.
mirror tells gnuplot to put unlabelled tics at the same positions on the opposite border. nomirror
does what you think it does.
in and out change the tic marks to be drawn inwards or outwards.
With scale, the size of the tic marks can be adjusted. If is not specified, it is 0.5*.
The default size 1.0 for major tics and 0.5 for minor tics is requested by scale default.
rotate asks gnuplot to rotate the text through 90 degrees, which will be done if the terminal driver
in use supports text rotation. norotate cancels this. rotate by asks for rotation by
degrees, supported by some terminal types.
The defaults are border mirror norotate for tics on the x and y axes, and border nomirror norotate
for tics on the x2 and y2 axes. For the z axis, the default is nomirror.
The is specified by either x,y or x,y,z, and may be preceded by first, second, graph, screen,
or character to select the coordinate system. is the offset of the tics texts from their default
positions, while the default coordinate system is character. See coordinates (p. 24) for details.
nooffset switches off the offset.
set tics with no options restores to place tics inwards. Every other options are retained.
See also set xtics (p. 143) for more control of major (labelled) tic marks and set mxtics for control
of minor tic marks. These commands provide control at a axis by axis basis.
70.65 Ticslevel
Deprecated. See set xyplane (p. 145).
70.66 Ticscale
The set ticscale command is deprecated, use set tics scale instead.
70.67 Timestamp
The command set timestamp places the time and date of the plot in the left margin.
Syntax:
set timestamp {""} {top|bottom} {{no}rotate}
{offset {,}} {font ""}
unset timestamp
show timestamp
The format string allows you to choose the format used to write the date and time. Its default value is
what asctime() uses: "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y" (weekday, month name, day of the month, hours,
minutes, seconds, four-digit year). With top or bottom you can place the timestamp at the top or
bottom of the left margin (default: bottom). rotate lets you write the timestamp vertically, if your