plot issues

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 3, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Petr Mikulik wrote:

>>> b=logspace(1,10,24); a=repmat(b,10,1);
>>> imagesc(a); h=colorbar;
>>> set(h, 'YScale', 'log');
>>> There is just a visual difference: Matlab puts tic labels 10^0,  
>>> 10^1,
>>> 10^2, ... while gnuplot puts 1, 10, 100, ..., 100000, 1e+6, 1e 
>>> +7, ...
>>
>> I like the Matlab format as well. Presently, it is left to gnuplot  
>> to handle
>> the formating.
>
> Please add the following gnuplot command if the terminal is enhanced:
> 	set format cb "10^{%T}"

My understanding is that Octave's color bar is just an instance of an  
axes (meaning we don't use the gnuplot color-box, but create our own).

Can an axes be formated in a similar way? ... if so, how?

Ben