https://sourceforge.net/p/gnuplot/feature-requests/387/2016-05-15T03:22:30.785000ZRecent changes to 387: option to set number of tics2016-05-15T03:22:30.785000Z2016-05-15T03:22:30.785000ZElwood Downeyhttps://sourceforge.net/u/ecdowney/https://sourceforge.net5d1522cd3c904b73ca03f035db44cd35e4bf5908

<div class="markdown_content"><p>I would also like this, thanks.</p></div>

2014-04-20T09:50:23.195000Z2014-04-20T09:50:23.195000Zleokinghttps://sourceforge.net/u/mleoking/https://sourceforge.net71057b8f1aec9bba1fb23418a72f3b823b3b26ed

<div class="markdown_content"><p>I second this. It would be very useful.</p></div>

2014-04-19T13:39:42.982000Z2014-04-19T13:39:42.982000ZAndrew Rasmussenhttps://sourceforge.net/u/andyras/https://sourceforge.netcf82d839e978a0b3f5865650e539707744021846

<div class="markdown_content"><p>It would be very useful to have an option to the <code>tics</code> commands to explicitly set the number of tics on an axis, something like:</p> <div class="codehilite"><pre><span class="k">set</span> <span class="nb">xtics</span> <span class="n">ntics</span> <span class="mi">2</span> </pre></div> <p>which would set one tic each at the upper and lower bounds of the axis.</p> <p>The way I currently do this is to use <code>stats</code> and <code>set xtics (stats_x_max-stats_x_min)/(ntics-1)</code> and occasionally I try to do some arithmetic to make the intervals be at nice round numbers. There could perhaps be an optional keyword (e.g. <code>{smart|dumb}</code>) to either set the interval to be nice and round or simply the range divided by <code>(ntics-1)</code>.</p> <p>gnuplot already has some internal logic to decide the axis ranges and where to place tics, so this option would place an additional constraint (ntics) on the tic locations.</p> <p>This would be exclusive with the option to set the tic interval.</p></div>