axis square

[Ben Abbott]

On Mar 9, 2009, at 10:48 PM, Marco Caliari wrote:

>>>>> Dear maintainers,
>>>>> the enclosed patch (against 3.1.54) makes "axis square" to  
>>>>> behave in a compatible way and as described in the  
>>>>> documentation. I also modified the demo, since "axis normal",  
>>>>> "axis square", "axis equal" should appear after a plot command  
>>>>> in order to take effect (this is also a compatible behaviour).  
>>>>> Please consider to apply this patch.
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Marco<axis.m.patch>
>>>> Marco,
>>>> If I understand correctly, the "square" and "equal" options need  
>>>> to be switched.
>>> Dear Ben,
>>> I don't think so. If you use "axis square" it means you want the  
>>> plot in a square box.
>>
>> Ok, we have the same understanding of what "square" should do.
>>
>> With the changeset I've attached, and applied to the current  
>> developers sources, the first demo produces the image at the link  
>> below.
>>
>> 	http://www.picturehosting.com/gallery.php?g=axis&u=bpabbott&i=icture1.png
>>
>> Is the image at the link consistent with your understanding?
>
> Yes, and with ml.
>
> Marco

Ok, please look over the changeset. If it looks good to you (I'll test  
it a bit more as well), I'll push it.

Ben