[ferret_users] xtics for time axis

[Neil Swart <ncswart@xxxxxxx>]

Dear Ferreters,

When I make a plot of a variable spanning 7000 years, there are so many tics on the x-axis they all blend into one fat looking axis. There seems to be a tic for every year - but I only want a tic every 1000 years. I have tried to reduce the number of tics using plot/hlimits=0:7000:1000 temp , and by setting
PPL AXATIC 7,10  - but neither of these seemed to work. Is there a special trick from setting the number of tics on a time axis?

Thanks
Neil
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Neil Swart

Climate Modelling Group
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC
Canada

http://climate.uvic.ca/