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MajTickLen - Length of major tick marks

Description:
This attribute controls the appearance of annotated axes by determining the length of the major tick marks drawn on the axes.

The MajTickLen  value should be given as a fraction of the minimum dimension of the plotting area. Negative values cause major tick marks to be placed on the outside of the corresponding grid line or axis (but subject to any clipping imposed by PGPLOT ), while positive values cause them to be placed on the inside.

The default behaviour depends on whether a co-ordinate grid is drawn inside the plotting area (see the Grid  attribute). If so, the default MajTickLen value is zero (so that major ticks are not drawn), otherwise the default is $ +0.015$.

Type:

Floating point.


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KAPPA --- Kernel Application Package
Starlink User Note 95
Malcolm J. Currie & David S. Berry
2008 September 12
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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