setting axis limits weirdness

Ben Abbott bpabbott at mac.com
Mon Sep 22 19:29:21 CDT 2008


Bug report for Octave 3.1.51+ configured for i386-apple-darwin

Description:
-----------

   * Running the default branch on Mac OSX 10.5.5 with GNUTERM="aqua",  
I've discovered
	a strange problem. In some special cases I'm unable to set the axis  
using either
	the 'axis' command, 'xlim'/'ylim' commands, or 'set (gca, ...)'.  
However, if I attempt
	to set the axis limits a second time, using any of these options, it  
works. In the
	event I choose to use the x11 terminal, then everything works as it  
should.
	
	The common denominator appears to be set(gca,'xlim',xlimits) and/or
	set(gca,'ylim',ylimits).

Repeat-By:
---------

	clf
	clear all
	x = [-0.1, 1.0];
	y = [-0.7, 0.7];
	h = plot (x, y);
	set (gca, 'xlim', x);
	set (gca, 'ylim', y);
	xlimits = get (gca, 'xlim')
	xlimits =

   	-0.20000   1.00000

	ylimits = get (gca, 'ylim')
	ylimits =

   	-0.80000   0.80000

Fix:
---

   * Thus far, I've not found the root of the problem ... I'm a c++  
lacky ;-)

Configuration (please do not edit this section):
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uname output:     Darwin bens-macbook.local 9.5.0 Darwin Kernel  
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