On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Jason Grout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joel B. Mohler wrote: > > On Tuesday 01 April 2008 11:55, William Stein wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Axel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> How can I specify the range of y coordinates in a 2d plot? I tried > >>> > >>> show(plot(sin(x),-10,10),ymin=-0.5, ymax=0.5,frame=true) > >>> > >>> but the actual plot goes between -0.6, and 0.6, and the curve goes out > >>> of the frame. > >> I think that's an honest-to-goodness *bug*. For now you can try > >> to workaround it sort of with: > >> show(plot(sin(x),-10,10),ymin=-0.41, ymax=0.41,frame=true) > >> but still the curve goes outside the frame. > > > > What are you saying is a bug? That it doesn't obey ymin/ymax?
Yes. > > That the curve > > goes out of the frame? Yes. > > > > I thought that not obeying the ymin/ymax was a design decision -- it's a > > design decision I violently disagree with and irks me every time I make a > > plot (because all the plots I make are destined to live in a latex document > > and I want perfect pixel control!). > > > Can someone comment on the reasoning for not obeying ymin/ymax (or > confirm that this was the bug)? This is a bug. > I find it frustrating too. For > reference, the Mma equivalent does obey exactly what you say is the range. > That definitely makes it a bug. William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
