about axes properties

[Francesco Potorti`]

>This is a limitation of the gnuplot backend (I guess you're using that
>one). In practice, both should have an influence on the axes actual
>position. "Position" is the position of the axes box, while "outerposition"
>is the bounding box of the complete axes system, including labels,
>title, ticks... When you deal with subplot, you usually want to set
>the axes outerposition, because you're then sure that the axes won't
>overlap each other.

This is clear and consistent with my observations.  If no one adds
anything, I will rewrite the docs about "position" and "outerposition"
and submit them as bug reports.