Re: Scale problem using plot()

[Ben Abbott]

On Oct 26, 2010, at 1:06 AM, Michael D Godfrey wrote:

> On 10/25/2010 09:27 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
>> Please give me some code so I can parse your meaning.
>> 
>> The example you give initially had a yscale of [60, 140] before and after 
>> the yticks were set.
>> 
>> 
> Here is some more, minor, information.  The manual says that
> setting ytick also sets ylimmode to manual.  But, after
> set (gca (), "ytick", [56 70 84 98 112 126 140])
> I get:
> octave:2> get(gca(), "ylim")
> ans =
> 
>     60   140
> 
> octave:3> get(gca(), "ylimmode")
> ans = auto
> ======================================
> So, either the Manual or the code is wrong.  Which should
> be changed?
> 
> Michael
> 

I don't see where the manual (Octave.pdf) says that setting ytick set ylimmode 
to manual. Can you point out the page to me.

What is should say is that setting ytick causes the ytickmode to be set to 
manual.

Ben