Re: [ferret_users] remove small tic marks

[Seontae Kim <stkim423@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Russ

You are right..
When I included "ppl txnmtc -1" , it worked finally.  
Thank you ~~

Peter

On Jul 26, 2010, at 12:02 AM, Russell Fiedler wrote:

> 
> Hi Peter,
> I think I've figured it out.
> It looks like  the default for TXNMTC is different for the Mac version you have. It is -1 on the Linux versions I have
> but I think it is being set to 1 for you.
> 
> If I try
> 
> plot/set myvar
> ppl txnmtc,1
> ppl tics,0,1  ! Try to make small tics disappear, big tics large
> ppl plot        ! Fails. No suppression of small tics (but they are thin). All tics longer and same length.
> 
> 
> But
> 
> plot/set myvar
> ppl txnmtc,-1
> ppl tics,0,1
> ppl plot        ! Works. Small tics disappear.
> 
> If this works for you could you post it to the mailing list?
> 
> Russ
> 
> On Monday 26 July 2010 14:46, you wrote:
>> Looks like my ferret (ver 6.3 for mac)  recognizes tics for months as large tics. 
>> When I use PPL TICS 0.14 (for small tics), 2.5 (large tics), tics for months as well as those for years get longer together. 
>> 
>> -Peter
>> On Jul 25, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Russell Fiedler wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Peter,
>>> 
>>> It works for me. Mucking about with ppl calls is a bit clunky though. Are you remembering the "/set" qualifier?
>>> 
>>> Here is an example
>>> 
>>> def axis/t="1-jan-1900":"1-jan-1910"/npoints=`12*10+1` txx
>>> let myvar=t[gt=txx]
>>> 
>>> plot myvar  ! Small ticks; seasonal labels
>>> 
>>> message
>>> 
>>> plot/set myvar
>>> ppl tics,0
>>> ppl plot         ! Minor tics on horizontal axis suppressed but labelled. Looks silly
>>> 
>>> message
>>> 
>>> plot/set myvar
>>> ppl tics,0
>>> ppl txlint,0,1
>>> ppl plot       ! Minor horizontal tics & labels suppressed 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Russ
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Monday 26 July 2010 09:49, Seontae Kim wrote:
>>>> Dear ferreters...
>>>> 
>>>> Can you let me know how to remove small tic marks in plotting a time series ?
>>>> 
>>>> Those small tic marks make the plot of very long time series look bad
>>>> 
>>>> I mean I want to get tic marks for years only shown in my time series plot.
>>>> 
>>>> I tried to do it with PPL TICS but looks like it does not work...
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks in advance...
>>>> 
>>>> -Peter
>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
>>