Re: plotting with equal scale for x & y

[Paul Kienzle]

Dirk Laurie <address@hidden>:
>Stef Pillaert skryf:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> this probably has been asked before, but I didn't find an answer in the
>> archives..It probably is actually a gnuplot question too...
>> 
>> Is there a way to force the scale of the plotted axes (e.g. to force the x
>> & y axis to have the same scale) (and by scale, I mean the way it is shown on
>> screen: so a square should be a square on screen)? I know this seems a silly
>> question, because you can always resize the gnu-plot window: can this be
>> "blocked" in some way? . Or should I work around it by making it a postscript
>> plot?
>> 
>
>gset size ratio -1
>
>Dirk

or use axis('square') to call gset for you, and axis('normal') to restore.
Available at:

        http://users.powernet.co.uk/kienzle/signalPAK/fixes/axis.m

or in the bug-octave archives or in the bleeding edge octave tree.

Paul Kienzle
address@hidden



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