--- scripts/plot/axis.m.orig	2008-10-14 11:06:23.000000000 +0200
+++ scripts/plot/axis.m	2008-10-14 11:07:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -162,8 +162,10 @@
       set (ca, "dataaspectratio", [1, 1, 1]);
       ## FIXME should be the same as "tight"
       set (ca, "xlimmode", "auto", "ylimmode", "auto", "zlimmode", "auto");
-    elseif (strcmp (ax, "equal") || strcmp (ax, "square"))
+    elseif (strcmp (ax, "equal"))
       set (ca, "dataaspectratio", [1, 1, 1]);
+    elseif  (strcmp (ax, "square"))
+      set (ca, "dataaspectratiomode", "square");
     elseif (strcmp (ax, "normal"))
       set (ca, "dataaspectratiomode", "auto");