| Description |
TWXTICKLABEL tweaks the xtick labels of the current axis, so that fonts are preserved when the figure is exported to eps (e.g. for inclusion
into LaTeX).
TWXTICKLABEL(AX) applies TWXTICKLABEL to the axis with handle AX.
H = TWXTICKLABEL returns in H the handles of all XTick labels so the user can change every property which is possible with a text object created by text command.
Following are a few examples:
h = twxticklabel;
set(h,'fontsize',12,'fontname','courier'); % to change font name and size
set(h,{'string'},char('10','-3','pi','he','90','ju')); % to change ticklabels
set(h,'rotation',90); % to change angle
The two m-files TWXTICKLABEL and TWYTICKLABEL motivated by the following problems in the way Matlab handles tick labels.
1)
Matlab provides no handles to xtick labels and ytick labels; meaning that you can't change their
properties separately, but only by changing axis properties. For example, the only way to change
the fontname of xtick labels is by setting the fontname property of the axis, thus changing the fontname of all it object, which may not be desirable. If a user wants to rotate the tick labels, one would
like to be able to do that with commands like set(handle, 'rotation', 90); but that is only possible if you have
the handle.
2)
Tick labels do not interpret TeX/LaTeX character sequences; What if you want LaTeX expression $W_i(t)$.
3)
Even if you are happy with changing the properties of the whole axis, another problem arises when the Matlab figure is exported to eps for inclusion into LaTeX. It sometimes changes the fonts (set by the user) of the xticklabels in an unpredictable way (fortunately, this does not happen with xlabel, ylabel, title and other text object).
In these two files, I have tried to create ticklabels by using text command, using a few defaults so that little or no post-processing is required for LaTex users. However, handles are returned for all tick labels, so the user can change every property which is possible with a text object created by text command. |