# HG changeset patch
# User Ben Abbott  <bpabbott@mac.com>
# Date 1293715733 18000
# Node ID 395945a58c24ef3b8682c846a05ac3d2404310cb
# Parent  bc509d5f763f1b8794ead09dabf2d0ab18f9770d
__go_draw_axes__.m: Tweak vertical alignment of text objects for gnuplot to favor eps/ps output.

diff --git a/scripts/ChangeLog b/scripts/ChangeLog
--- a/scripts/ChangeLog
+++ b/scripts/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+2010-12-30  Ben Abbott  <bpabbott@mac.com>
+
+	* plot/__go_draw_axes__.m: Tweak vertical alignment of text objects
+	for gnuplot to favor eps/ps output.
+
 2010-12-29  Ben Abbott  <bpabbott@mac.com>
 
 	* plot/text.m: New demo for 3D plot and text with verticalalignment.
-	* plot/__go_draw_axes__.m: Enable vertical alignment of text objects for
-	gnuplot.
+	* plot/__go_draw_axes__.m: Enable vertical alignment of text objects
+	for gnuplot.
 
 2010-12-28  Ben Abbott <bpabbott@mac.com>
 
diff --git a/scripts/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m b/scripts/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m
--- a/scripts/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/__go_draw_axes__.m
@@ -1264,8 +1264,9 @@
               dy = 0.5;
           endswitch
           ## Gnuplot's Character units are different for x/y and vary with fontsize. The aspect ratio
-          ## of 1:2.5 was determined by experiment.
-          dx_and_dy = [(-dy * sind (angle)), (dy * cosd(angle))] .* [2.5 1];
+          ## of 1:1.7 was determined by experiment to work for eps/ps/etc. For the MacOS aqua terminal
+          ## a value of 2.5 is needed. However, the difference is barely noticable.
+          dx_and_dy = [(-dy * sind (angle)), (dy * cosd(angle))] .* [1.7 1];
 
           if (nd == 3)
             ## This produces the desired vertical alignment in 3D.