auto log and key press

On second thought, I am starting to like the

    > mouse-proximity thingie: it allows you to point at a
    > specific axis and set only that one, which can be very
    > useful if you have a bunch of subplots and want to only
    > change one specific axis. This, which I imagine would
    > take some careful work at the command line, would be
    > trivial to do if you could just put your mouse pointer
    > over it and hit a key/button.

I think you misunderstand my question. mouse proximity is a given. I
am referring to how to toggle log scale for the x and y axes
separately with keybindings for the *axes under the mouse point*.

I am just as likely to want logx ans logy, which is why I wasn't
assuming 'l'. But if gnuplot does the y axis with 'l', I'm happy to
follow suit, but the question of the appropriate key for toggling the
x scale is open.

JDH

John Hunter wrote:

"Fernando" == Fernando Perez <Fernando.Perez@...76...> writes:

    > On second thought, I am starting to like the
    > mouse-proximity thingie: it allows you to point at a
    > specific axis and set only that one, which can be very
    > useful if you have a bunch of subplots and want to only
    > change one specific axis. This, which I imagine would
    > take some careful work at the command line, would be
    > trivial to do if you could just put your mouse pointer
    > over it and hit a key/button.

I think you misunderstand my question. mouse proximity is a given. I
am referring to how to toggle log scale for the x and y axes
separately with keybindings for the *axes under the mouse point*.

I am just as likely to want logx ans logy, which is why I wasn't
assuming 'l'. But if gnuplot does the y axis with 'l', I'm happy to
follow suit, but the question of the appropriate key for toggling the
x scale is open.

Ah, gnuplot simply doesn't provide a separate x one. You get y with 'l', and if you want x, you mouse over it and do it. That's all they give you via hotkeys. You can always call the logscaling commands

set logscale x

I've found that solution to work well, but one person's everyday usage case is often someone else's weird corner case, so feel free to follow your own instincts.

Best,

f