[Gretl-users] Re: Problem with date-time labels in GNU-plot

2023-03-24 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 23 Mar 2023, climn...@providence.edu wrote: > When plotting a time series, time-date labels look fine. Once plot > is edited, time-date labels become jumbled and illegible. They seem > to be collated on top of each other. This is now fixed in gretl git, and there are new snapshots availab

[Gretl-users] Re: Problem with date-time labels in GNU-plot

2023-03-24 Thread Cottrell, Allin
OK, I see exactly what's going on here. When you edit a plot via the GUI we try to ensure that all the plot details remain the same except for anything explicitly changed via the editor. However, we're failing to preserve the command to rotate the x-axis tics that was present in the original plot.

[Gretl-users] Re: Problem with date-time labels in GNU-plot

2023-03-23 Thread A. Tarassow
Hi all, and here is the image when I apply my edits; as you can see, the dates go from slightly diagonal, which I like, to horizontal with jumbling https://www.dropbox.com/s/l3qr4o3fg1w056s/Forum%20Q2.png?dl=0 Actually, I have also experienced such behavior recently with latest gretl (git v

[Gretl-users] Re: Problem with date-time labels in GNU-plot

2023-03-23 Thread Cottrell, Allin
Thanks, Chris, that's very clear. We'll investigate the problem. I wouldn't exactly say the post-edit dates are "jumbled" though; they're still in the right order, but squashed into each other. Anyway it's something that needs to be fixed. Allin On Thu, Mar 23, 2023 at 8:46 PM wrote: > > Hello S

[Gretl-users] Re: Problem with date-time labels in GNU-plot

2023-03-23 Thread climnios
Hello Sven! Thank you for replying to my query so quickly. It is daily data (5-day). It is the spread between the discount rate and the overnight reverse repo rate. I actually just downloaded the most recent snapshot a couple of days ago. Checking "about gretl" reveals it is version 2023a, wit

[Gretl-users] Re: Problem with date-time labels in GNU-plot

2023-03-23 Thread Sven Schreiber
Am 23.03.2023 um 16:02 schrieb climn...@providence.edu: When plotting a time series, time-date labels look fine. Once plot is edited, time-date labels become jumbled and illegible. They seem to be collated on top of each other. In general, this is not true; but I'm not doubting your problem,