| Re: Grids on Minor Ticks. [message #69876] |
Tue, 02 March 2010 09:18  |
Mark Shephard
Messages: 13
Registered: July 1999
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On Feb 25, 3:29 pm, mankoff <mank...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 25, 11:25 am, Mark Shephard <mark.w.sheph...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Does anyone know how to put a grid on minor tickmarks? If you set the
>> ticklen=1 it only makes a grid on the major ticks.
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>> Back in 2000 Dave Fanning posted this work around.
>> data = Findgen(101)
>> Plot, data, YStyle=4, /NoData, XTickFormat='(A1)', $
>> XTicklen=1, XTicks=25, XMinor=1, XGridStyle=2
>> Plot, data, /NoErase, XTicks=5, XMinor=1, XTicklen=1
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>> However, since my plot axis will be very detailed and I am not sure
>> how many tickmarks there will be on a given plot, I was wondering if
>> anyone has come up with a solution.
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>> Thanks,
>> Mark
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> I have what I think is a general solution to make the major tickmarks
> light gray and full length. It might be a starting point to make
> something similar for the minor tickmarks?
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> http://code.google.com/p/kdm-idl/source/browse/trunk/plotg.p ro
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> -k.
Hi,
Thanks for the prompt response. I did download your program and gave
it a try. I was doing some complicated plots so in the end I just
decided to use oplot and generate my own grey lines for each major and
minor tickmark on the axis.
Thanks again,
Mark
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