Re: improving axes property behavior for the gnuplot backend

[Michael Goffioul]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:34 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> I've just realized that "tightinset" is only readable from the console, and
> that the interaction of position/outerpostion/tightinset and their
> dependence upon other axes properties is not yet handled any where (that I
> can find).
>
> For the gnuplot backend it would be easy enough to handle such relationships
> using m-files, but  as this interaction is (and many others are) not
> specific to the backend implementation, where should this functionality go?
>
> For the moment, I have a m-file that calculates the tightinset. While I can
> optionally use that script when get(hax,"tightinset") returns zeros, such an
> implementation is not exactly pretty.
>
> I''d think it preferable that a backend agnostic solution for such things be
> written (another example  is the relationship between papertype, papersize,
> and paperposition).
>
> In any event, what should be done, and is anyone with the needed skills
> interested?

I am interested, but I'm missing time to do it. I just started my new job
and it'll be *very* time-consuming. Sorry.

Michael.