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I am making a map with gnuplot. But, I find that the length of X axis is not equal with the Y axis. For example, the length of X from 0 to 10 is 20 pixels while 15 pixels in Y axis from 1 to 10. Can I directly set X and Y axis same in length? Thanks.

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  • It seems you mean the unit length of both axes, not the overall length -- at least if I interpret your comment to @fede.evol's answer correct. Please clarify this also in your question.
    – mpy
    Feb 19, 2014 at 14:42

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This sets the unit length of both axes to the same value:

set size ratio -1

Here is an excerpt from the documentation:

set size ratio <r> ...

The meaning of a negative value for <r> is different. If <r>=-1, gnuplot tries to set the scales so that the unit has the same length on both the x and y axes. This is equivalent to set view equal xy. See set view equal. If <r>=-2, the unit on y has twice the length of the unit on x, and so on.

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Try with

set size square

This should set the dimension (not scale) of the two axis to be equal.

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  • Thank you for your help. I set different range of X and Y axis with 'set xrange [-15:15]; set yrange [-20:20]'. In this case, I can not get the same length X Y axis with 'set size square'.
    – HXGuo
    Feb 19, 2014 at 13:49

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