Re: labels for minor tickmarks

Hi Mary,

I would love to have an example about "overlaying the
tickmark object"..

saji

* Mary Haley <haley_at_ucar.edu> [2008-02-05 10:24:35 -0700]:

>
> Hi Saji,
>
> Labeling minor tickmarks is a request we get every now and then. I
> will add it to our "list" if we don't already have it there.
>
> Meanwhile, there are some ways you can do this, although they
> are not straightforward or ideal.
>
> You can draw the plot twice, the first time labeling your major
> tickmarks, and the second time treating the minor tickmarks as
> major ones, and labeling those.
>
> Another way is to overlay a tickmark object.
>
> Of course, gsn_text is a third way, but it will be harder to
> place the labels.
>
> I'll try to post some examples on the Applications page soon.
>
> --Mary
>
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Saji N. Hameed wrote:
>
>> Dear NCL-ers,
>>
>> NCL provides a way to add minor tick marks, for example
>> through "tmXBMinorValues". I wonder if there is any
>> plan to add a provision for minor tick mark labels, for
>> example through "tmXBMinorLabels" or something similar.
>>
>> I am trying to automate my time-axis labelling routine..
>> would have been nice if there was a resource like this.
>> I would have used Major tickmarks for years and minors to
>> label the months, for example.
>> Right now I have to be satisfied with using "gsn_add_text"
>> or something with similar functionality for my purpose
>> (it is a hack though...would have been nice to see a proper
>> solution)
>>
>>
>> saji
>>
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