RE: Plotting issues: arrows and label font size

[dastew]

> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:42:34 +0100
> From: address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Plotting issues: arrows and label font size
>
> Hello all,
>
> A couple of quick plotting queries that I haven't been able to find an
> effective answer to browsing docs or list archives. I'm running Octave
> 3.0 on Ubuntu.
>
> First: is it possible to add arrowheads to plotted lines? I'm thinking
> of an arrow that rises from the X axis to meet a plotted curve, or goes
> across from the Y axis. This kind of thing:
>
> | .
> |--------> .
> | . |
> | . |
> | . |
> |. v
> ------------------
>
> It's not so difficult to post-produce in Inkscape but would be nicer to
> just do it in Octave. :-)
>
> Second: axis label sizes. I think I'm doing the right thing by setting
>
> xlabel('X','fontsize',16)
>
> ... but although getting the properties of the label with get() reveals
> the fontsize value has been set correctly, when I use the print command
> to output an EPS file the font size is not changed. Is it me or Octave
> who is doing things wrong? :-P
>
> Thanks & best wishes,
>
> -- Joe
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Try the   stem command  for part of your answer.
Doug