[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #39433] subplot sizes wrong

[Michael Godfrey]

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #39433 (project octave):

Ben,

OK. I found that now both rows of the subplot
require :
 for k = 1:3
   subplot (2, 3, K, "align");   % for first row
   subplot (2, 3, K+3, "align"); % for second row
 endfor
This produces correct alignment.

For some reason, after your previous fix, only
the second row required "align".  In fact, I think
that the alignment went wrong if I used "align"
for the first row.

Anyhow, using "align" for both rows seems like the
appropriate usage.  If that had worked before this
problem would not have come up.

However, there is currently no documentation for the "align"
option in the subplot section of the manual (or help).
And, there is no "noalign" for subplot.  Since most
users of subplot would, I think, assume or prefer "align"
this should be the default.  Then, it would make sense
to provide "noalign" to turn it off (which is what you
get now by default).

So, it looks like the only code change needed is the
setting of "align" by default, and provide the 
"noalign" option.  And, the documentation needs all this
described.  I am not sure if the "noalign" option is
really needed, but someone might think of a useful case.
Since this is how it works now with "align" not set,
it is easy to allow.

Since it now works, this can have lower priority.  But,
the documentation should be updated to match the current
code and include "noalign" if you think it is needed.

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