SAC Command Reference Manual

AXES

SUMMARY

Controls the location of annotated axes.

SYNTAX

AXES ON|OFF|ONLY sides

where sides is the keyword:

ALL

or one or more of the following:

TOP,BOTTOM,RIGHT,LEFT

ALTERNATE FORMS

AXIS may be used for AXES. (Useful for grammarians only.)

INPUT

ON:Turn axes on for listed sides; others unchanged.
OFF:Turn axes off for listed sides; others unchanged.
ONLY:Turn axes on only for listed sides; others off.
ALL:All four axes.
TOP:X axis above plot.
BOTTOM:X axis below plot.
RIGHT:Y axis to right of plot.
LEFT:Y axis to left of plot.

DEFAULT VALUES

AXES ONLY BOTTOM LEFT

DESCRIPTION

Axes can be drawn on one or more of the four sides of a plot. Axes annotation is drawn using the division spacing set by the XDIV command. Tick mark labeling is controlled independently using the TICKS command.

EXAMPLES

To turn on the top axes and leave the others unchanged:

SAC> AXES ON TOP

To turn off all axes annotation:

SAC> AXES OFF ALL

To turn axes annoation on for the bottom side and off for the rest:

SAC> AXES ONLY BOTTOM

SEE COMMANDS

XDIV, TICKS

LATEST REVISION

January 8, 1983 (Version 8.0)