Customizing the look of axes and labels
Here are ways to tweak various things about axes and things.
Alternative X or Y axes
It is possible to use different axes for different curves in a single
plot, using --y2 or --x2:
ctioga2 -X --math 'sin(x)' 'cos(x)' -y '$y$ values' \ --y2 'x**2' -y '$y_2$ values' \ -x '$x$ values' /color Blue
This example also shows how to define the label for the current X and
Y axes; the -x and -y commands provide many options to fine-tune
the look of the labels.
X and Y ranges
It is possible to define the X and Y ranges of the plot thus:
ctioga2 -X --math 'sin(x)' 'cos(x)' \ --xrange -20: --yrange -0.8:2
Alternatively, it is possible to use --margin to leave a certain
fraction of the plots around the data points; to make the reading
easier. In this case, we leave 3%:
ctioga2 -X --math --margin 0.03 \ 'sin(x)' 'cos(x)'
Log plots
It is possible to use a log scale by passing the --xlog or --ylog
commands:
ctioga2 -X --math --ylog --margin 0.03 \ '1 + x**2' '1 + x**4' '1 + x**6'
Tweaking the looks of axes
It is possible to change the look of each of the sides of the plot
individually using the --axis-style and the companion
--label-style commands that set the style of the axis and of the
labels respectively.
ctioga2 -X --math 'sin(x)' 'cos(x)' \ --top off --bottom major-num /stroke_color Blue \ --axis-style right /decoration major \ --label-style bottom /color Blue
