Re: [ferret_users] too many tics

[Ansley Manke <a.c.manke@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good to have a list of different customizations to get plots to really 
look the way one wants.

But to begin with the plot should choose a good number of tics 
automatically without any of these extra settings. I don't think it's a 
known issue.

-Ansley

On 12/23/2021 10:07 AM, William Kessler wrote:
> Two solutions:
>
> 1) Include a 3rd argument to HLIMITS, VLIMITS to specify the intervals:
>
> plot/vlimits=-5500:0:500/y=30S/hlimits=111:115:0.5 rose  ! large/main tics every 500m and 0.5 deg
>
> 2) Use PPL AXLINT (label interval for large tics) and PPL AXNMTC (number of small tics between large tics)
>
> plot/SET/vlimits=-5500:0:500/y=30S/hlimits=111:115:0.5 rose
> ppl axlint,2,2;ppl axnmtc,4,4  ! label every 2nd large tic; add 4 small tics between large tics
> ppl plot
>
> Notes:
> - the PPL commands are persistent until explicitly changed
> - PPL AXLSZE,xlab,ylab    controls the label size
> - Could also control the label format (decimal point):
> - PPL XFOR,(i5,''lone'')   ! those are two single quotes around LONE = longitude east
>    Or, if, say the half-degree tics are to be labelled: PPL XFOR,(f5.1,''lone'')
> - PPL YFOR,(i5)   ! integer labels with length to fit -5400
>
> Billy
>
> > On Dec 22, 2021, at 11:28 PM, Ryo Furue <furue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Pratik,
> >
> > I'm using "xlimits" and "ylimits", which also works perfectly.
> >
> >
> > I guess you mean that ylimits also produces the same problem:
> >
> > set data etopo5
> > plot/ylimits=-5500:0/y=30S/hlimits=111:115 rose
> > frame/file=tmp.png
> >
> > This one shows exactly the same problem (too many tics along the vertical axis).
> >
> > Anyway, xlimits and ylimits are deprecated:
> >
> > *** NOTE: /XLIMITS and /YLIMITS are deprecated.
> > *** NOTE: Use /HLIMITS and /VLIMITS instead.
> >
> > I understand why they are deprecated.  (When the vertical axis isn't a y axis, the name "ylimits" is highly confusing.)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ryo
> >
> >
> >   
> >
> > Best regards
> > Pratik
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 12:28 PM Ryo Furue <furue@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Ferret users,
> >
> > Is this problem known? (I searched the email archive but I failed to find a relevant discussion. Perhaps I didn't use good keywords.)
> >
> > The following three-line code produces a plot with too many tics on the vertical axis:
> >
> > set data etopo5
> > plot/vlimits=-5500:0/y=30S/hlimits=111:115 rose
> > frame/file=tmp.png
> >
> > When I make two panels as
> >
> > set data etopo5
> > set view upper
> > plot/vlimits=-5500:0/y=30S/hlimits=111:115 rose
> > set view lower
> > plot/vlimits=-5500:0/x=125/hlimits=36S:32S rose
> > frame/file=bottom-profiles.png
> >
> > only the upper panel suffers from the problem.
> >
> > A workaround is to specify the tic interval: vlimits=-5500:0:500
> >
> > I've disabled "~/.ferret" before carrying out the test.
> >
> > PyFerret v7.63 (optimized)
> > Darwin 19.6.0 - 10/13/20
> >
> > macOS 12.1 (Monterey).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ryo
> >
> > <tmp.png>
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