Re: Is it a feature? no minor ticks on log plot in default

[Ben Abbott]

On Apr 10, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:

> On Apr 10, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2010, at 1:00 AM, Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello
>>> 
>>> In the one of the thread of octave in Japan, there is a topic minor ticks 
>>> of the plot.
>>> 
>>> x=1:100;
>>> loglog(x,x);
>>> 
>>> The plot has no minor ticks on default. 
>>> 
>>> Is it a feature?
>>> 
>>> Of course,
>>> 
>>> set (gca, 'xminortick', 'on', 'yminortick', 'on');
>>> 
>>> makes the minortick on.
>>> 
>>> If this is a feature, it is no problem for me.
>>> This post will be a note for users.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Tatsuro
>> 
>> Does the attached fix the problem for you?
>> 
>> Ben
> 
> I neglected to consider the case where nextplot == "replacechildren" ... 
> actually that is the case for Matlab. Apparently Octave currently uses 
> "replace_children" in graphics.cc.in. However, the gnuplot backend is throws 
> an error if nextplot is set the "replace_children".
> 
> In any event, I've attached a changeset that should ensure compatibility with 
> Matlab.
> 
> If there are no objections, I'll push it.
> 
> Ben
> 
> <changeset.patch>

I've pushed the change below.

        http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/rev/153e6226a669

Ben