# HG changeset patch
# User Konstantinos Poulios <address@hidden>
# Date 1288646408 -3600
# Node ID e0af58c31c66848ddb57097ebc64df3b42032b6d
# Parent  ef1719e8444e5fab0579d65cfb9922cb4c1a2c11
Making 'axis equal' equivalent to 'daspect([1,1,1])'

diff -r ef1719e8444e -r e0af58c31c66 scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog	Mon Nov 01 22:12:45 2010 +0100
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog	Mon Nov 01 22:20:08 2010 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-11-01  Konstantinos Poulios  <address@hidden>
+
+	* plot/axis.m: Make 'axis equal' equivalent to 'daspect([1,1,1])'.
+
 2010-11-01  Konstantinos Poulios  <address@hidden>
 
 	* plot/private/__actual_axis_position__.m: Remove temporary
diff -r ef1719e8444e -r e0af58c31c66 scripts/plot/axis.m
--- a/scripts/plot/axis.m	Mon Nov 01 22:12:45 2010 +0100
+++ b/scripts/plot/axis.m	Mon Nov 01 22:20:08 2010 +0100
@@ -182,13 +182,15 @@
     elseif (strcmpi (ax, "square"))
       set (ca, "plotboxaspectratio", [1, 1, 1]);
     elseif  (strcmp (ax, "equal"))
-      x = xlim;
-      y = ylim;
       if (strcmp (get (get (ca, "parent"), "__backend__"), "gnuplot"))
         ## FIXME - gnuplot applies the aspect ratio activepostionproperty.
         set (ca, "activepositionproperty", "position");
+        ## The following line is a trick used to trigger the recalculation of 
+        ## aspect related magnitudes even if the aspect ratio is the same
+        ## (useful with the x11 gnuplot terminal after a window resize)
+        set (ca, "dataaspectratiomode", "auto");
       endif
-      set (ca, "plotboxaspectratio", [(x(2)-x(1)), (y(2)-y(1)), 1]);
+      set (ca, "dataaspectratio", [1, 1, 1])
     elseif (strcmpi (ax, "normal"))
       set (ca, "plotboxaspectratio", [1, 1, 1])
       set (ca, "plotboxaspectratiomode", "auto");