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+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/pgfplots/pgfplots.intro.tex
@@ -1,38 +1,109 @@
-% main=manual.tex
+% main=pgfplots.tex
\section{Drawing axes and plots}
-\subsection{A first plot}
-Plotting is done using \lstinline|\begin{axis} ... \addplot ...; \end{axis}|:
-
-\begin{figure}
-\centering
+\subsection{\TeX-dialects: \LaTeX, Con{\TeX}t, plain \TeX }
+\label{sec:tex:dialects}%
+\PGFPlots\ is compatible with \LaTeX, Con{\TeX}t and plain \TeX. The only difference is how to specify environments. This affects any \PGF/\Tikz-environments and all \PGFPlots-environments like axis, semilogxaxis, semilogyaxis and loglogaxis:
+\begin{description}
+\def\HEAD{%
+ \small
+ \lstset{boxpos=b,breaklines=false,aboveskip=3pt,belowskip=3pt}%
+ %\hspace{-1cm}%
+ \begin{tabular}{*{2}{p{4cm}}}%
+}%
+\item[\LaTeX:] \lstinline!\usepackage{pgfplots}! and
+
+{\HEAD
+\begin{lstlisting}
\begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{axis}[
- xlabel=Cost,
- ylabel=Error]
- \addplot[color=red,mark=x] plot coordinates {
- (2,-2.8559703)
- (3,-3.5301677)
- (4,-4.3050655)
- (5,-5.1413136)
- (6,-6.0322865)
- (7,-6.9675052)
- (8,-7.9377747)
- (9,-9.9717663)
- };
- \end{axis}
+\begin{axis}
+...
+\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{lstlisting}
+&
+\begin{lstlisting}
+\begin{tikzpicture}
+\begin{semilogxaxis}
+...
+\end{semilogxaxis}
+\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{lstlisting}
+\\
+\end{tabular}%
+}
+
+A small \LaTeX--example file can be found in
+\begin{lstlisting}
+doc/latex/pgfplots/pgfplotsexample.tex.
+\end{lstlisting}
-\caption{An example for a normal plot. The coordinates are specified using the \Tikz-syntax ``\texttt{plot coordinates}'', optional labels can be provided with the ``\texttt{xlabel}'' and ``\texttt{ylabel}'' arguments.}
-\label{fig:firstplot}
-\end{figure}
+\item[Con{\TeX}t:] \lstinline!\usemodule[pgfplots]! and
+{\HEAD
\begin{lstlisting}
+\starttikzpicture
+\startaxis
+...
+\stopaxis
+\stoptikzpicture
+\end{lstlisting}
+&
+\begin{lstlisting}
+\starttikzpicture
+\startsemilogxaxis
+...
+\stopsemilogxaxis
+\stoptikzpicture
+\end{lstlisting}
+\\
+\end{tabular}%
+}
+
+A small Con{\TeX}t--example file can be found in
+\begin{lstlisting}
+doc/context/pgfplots/pgfplotsexample.tex.
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\item[plain \TeX:] \lstinline!\input pgfplots.tex! and
+
+{\HEAD
+\begin{lstlisting}
+\tikzpicture
+\axis
+...
+\endaxis
+\endtikzpicture
+\end{lstlisting}
+&
+\begin{lstlisting}
+\tikzpicture
+\semilogxaxis
+...
+\endsemilogxaxis
+\endtikzpicture
+\end{lstlisting}
+\\
+\end{tabular}%
+}
+
+A small plain--\TeX--example file can be found in
+\begin{lstlisting}
+doc/plain/pgfplots/pgfplotsexample.tex.
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{description}
+You may need to set low--level drivers if you intend to use |dvipdfm|, see section~\ref{sec:drivers}.
+
+
+\subsection{A first plot}
+Plotting is done using \lstinline|\begin{axis} ... \addplot ...; \end{axis}|, where |\addplot| is an interface to the \Tikz\ |plot| commands.
+\begin{codeexample}[]
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
xlabel=Cost,
+ name=an axis,
ylabel=Error]
- \addplot[color=red,mark=x] plot coordinates {
+ \addplot[color=red,mark=x] coordinates {
(2,-2.8559703)
(3,-3.5301677)
(4,-4.3050655)
@@ -40,104 +111,62 @@ Plotting is done using \lstinline|\begin{axis} ... \addplot ...; \end{axis}|:
(6,-6.0322865)
(7,-6.9675052)
(8,-7.9377747)
- (9,-9.9717663)
};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
-\end{lstlisting}
-The outcome of this listing is shown in figure~\ref{fig:firstplot}. The \lstinline!plot coordinates! command is one of the \Tikz\ ways to create plots, see~\cite[Section~16]{tikz}. All other commands are used to create the axis.
+\end{codeexample}
-\subsection{Two plots in the same axis}
-Figure~\ref{fig:twoplots} shows the result of placing multiple~\lstinline!\addplot!-commands into a single axis:
-\begin{figure}
-\centering
-\begin{tikzpicture}
+\begin{codeexample}[]
+\begin{tikzpicture}%
\begin{axis}[
- xlabel=Cost,
- ylabel=Error]
- \addplot[color=red,mark=x] plot coordinates {
- (2,-2.8559703)
- (3,-3.5301677)
- (4,-4.3050655)
- (5,-5.1413136)
- (6,-6.0322865)
- (7,-6.9675052)
- (8,-7.9377747)
- (9,-9.9717663)
- };
- \addplot[color=blue,mark=*] plot coordinates {
- (2,-2.83)
- (3,-3.5167)
- (4,-4.4050)
- (5,-5.137)
- (6,-6.4)
- (7,-6.6750)
- (8,-6.9377)
- (9,-6.9717)
- };
- \legend{Case 1\\Case 2\\}
+ xlabel=$x$,
+ ylabel=$\sin(x)$,
+ name=an axis,
+ ]
+ \addplot plot[id=sin] function{sin(x)};
\end{axis}
-\end{tikzpicture}
-
-\caption{Two plots in the same axis. A legend can be generated using the \texttt{\textbackslash legend{}}-command.}
-\label{fig:twoplots}
-\end{figure}
+\end{tikzpicture}%
+\end{codeexample}
+The \lstinline!plot coordinates! and \lstinline!plot function! commands are two of the several \Tikz\ ways to create plots, see section~\ref{sec:addplot} for more details\footnote{Please note that you need \lstinline{gnuplot} installed to use \lstinline{plot function}.}. The options `|xlabel|' and `|ylabel|' define axis descriptions.
-\begin{lstlisting}
+\subsection{Two plots in the same axis}
+Multiple \lstinline!\addplot!-commands can be placed into the same axis.
+ % generated with this statement:
+ %\addplot plot[id=filesuffix_noise,domain=-6:5,samples=10] function{(-x**5 - 242 + (-300 + 600*rand(0)))};
+\begin{codeexample}[leave comments]
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
- xlabel=Cost,
- ylabel=Error]
- \addplot[color=red,mark=x] plot coordinates {
- (2,-2.8559703)
- (3,-3.5301677)
- (4,-4.3050655)
- (5,-5.1413136)
- (6,-6.0322865)
- (7,-6.9675052)
- (8,-7.9377747)
- (9,-9.9717663)
- };
- \addplot[color=blue,mark=*] plot coordinates {
- (2,-2.83)
- (3,-3.5167)
- (4,-4.4050)
- (5,-5.137)
- (6,-6.4)
- (7,-6.6750)
- (8,-6.9377)
- (9,-6.9717)
- };
- \legend{Case 1\\Case 2\\}
+ height=9cm,
+ width=9cm,
+ grid=major,
+ ]
+
+ \addplot plot[id=filesuffix] function{(-x**5 - 242)};
+ \addlegendentry{model}
+
+ \addplot coordinates {
+ (-4.77778,2027.60977)
+ (-3.55556,347.84069)
+ (-2.33333,22.58953)
+ (-1.11111,-493.50066)
+ (0.11111,46.66082)
+ (1.33333,-205.56286)
+ (2.55556,-341.40638)
+ (3.77778,-1169.24780)
+ (5.00000,-3269.56775)
+ };
+ \addlegendentry{estimate}
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
-\end{lstlisting}
+\end{codeexample}
+A legend entry is generated if there are |\addlegendentry| commands (or one |\legend| command).
\subsection{Logarithmic plots}
-Logarithmic plots show $\log x$ versus $\log y$ (or just one logarithmic axis) as in figure~\ref{fig:firstloglog}. \PGFPlots\ always uses the natural logarithm, i.e. basis $e\approx2.718$. Now, the axis description also contains minor ticks and the labels are placed at $10^i$.
-\begin{figure}
-\centering
- \begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{loglogaxis}[xlabel=Cost,ylabel=Gain]
- \addplot[color=red,mark=x] plot coordinates {
- (10,100)
- (20,150)
- (40,225)
- (80,340)
- (160,510)
- (320,765)
- (640,1150)
- };
- \end{loglogaxis}
- \end{tikzpicture}
-
-\caption{A double--logarithmic plot.}
-\label{fig:firstloglog}
-\end{figure}
-\begin{lstlisting}
+Logarithmic plots show $\log x$ versus $\log y$ (or just one logarithmic axis). \PGFPlots\ always uses the natural logarithm, i.e. basis $e\approx2.718$. Now, the axis description also contains minor ticks and the labels are placed at $10^i$.
+\begin{codeexample}[]
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{loglogaxis}[xlabel=Cost,ylabel=Gain]
-\addplot[color=red,mark=x] plot coordinates {
+\addplot[color=red,mark=x] coordinates {
(10,100)
(20,150)
(40,225)
@@ -148,78 +177,49 @@ Logarithmic plots show $\log x$ versus $\log y$ (or just one logarithmic axis)
};
\end{loglogaxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
-\end{lstlisting}
-A common application is to visualise scientific data. This is often provided in the format $1.42\cdot10^4$, usually written as 1.42e+04. An example is shown in the following listing and in figure~\ref{fig:example:sci:loglog}.
-\begin{figure}
-\centering
+\end{codeexample}
+A common application is to visualise scientific data. This is often provided in the format $1.42\cdot10^4$, usually written as 1.42e+04. Suppose we have a numeric table named |pgfplots.testtable|, containing
+\begin{codeexample}[code only,tabsize=6]
+Level Cost Error
+1 7 8.471e-02
+2 31 3.044e-02
+3 111 1.022e-02
+4 351 3.303e-03
+5 1023 1.038e-03
+6 2815 3.196e-04
+7 7423 9.657e-05
+8 18943 2.873e-05
+9 47103 8.437e-06
+\end{codeexample}
+then we can plot |Cost| versus |Error| using
+\begin{codeexample}[]
\begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{loglogaxis}[
- xlabel=Cost,
- ylabel=Error]
- \addplot[color=red,mark=x] plot coordinates {
- (5, 8.31160034e-02)
- (17, 2.54685628e-02)
- (49, 7.40715288e-03)
- (129, 2.10192154e-03)
- (321, 5.87352989e-04)
- (769, 1.62269942e-04)
- (1793, 4.44248889e-05)
- (4097, 1.20714122e-05)
- (9217, 3.26101452e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot[color=blue,mark=*] plot coordinates {
- (7, 8.47178381e-02)
- (31, 3.04409349e-02)
- (111, 1.02214539e-02)
- (351, 3.30346265e-03)
- (1023, 1.03886535e-03)
- (2815, 3.19646457e-04)
- (7423, 9.65789766e-05)
- (18943, 2.87339125e-05)
- (47103, 8.43749881e-06)
- };
- \legend{Case 1\\Case 2\\}
- \end{loglogaxis}
-\end{tikzpicture}
-
-\caption{A double--logarithmic plot using scientific notation.}
-\label{fig:example:sci:loglog}
-\end{figure}
+\begin{loglogaxis}[
+ xlabel=Cost,
+ ylabel=Error]
+\addplot[color=red,mark=x] coordinates {
+ (5, 8.31160034e-02)
+ (17, 2.54685628e-02)
+ (49, 7.40715288e-03)
+ (129, 2.10192154e-03)
+ (321, 5.87352989e-04)
+ (769, 1.62269942e-04)
+ (1793, 4.44248889e-05)
+ (4097, 1.20714122e-05)
+ (9217, 3.26101452e-06)
+};
-\begin{lstlisting}
-\begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{loglogaxis}[
- xlabel=Cost,
- ylabel=Error]
- \addplot[color=red,mark=x] plot coordinates {
- (5, 8.31160034e-02)
- (17, 2.54685628e-02)
- (49, 7.40715288e-03)
- (129, 2.10192154e-03)
- (321, 5.87352989e-04)
- (769, 1.62269942e-04)
- (1793, 4.44248889e-05)
- (4097, 1.20714122e-05)
- (9217, 3.26101452e-06)
- };
+\addplot[color=blue,mark=*]
+ table[x=Cost,y=Error] {pgfplots.testtable};
- \addplot[color=blue,mark=*] plot coordinates {
- (7, 8.47178381e-02)
- (31, 3.04409349e-02)
- (111, 1.02214539e-02)
- (351, 3.30346265e-03)
- (1023, 1.03886535e-03)
- (2815, 3.19646457e-04)
- (7423, 9.65789766e-05)
- (18943, 2.87339125e-05)
- (47103, 8.43749881e-06)
- };
- \legend{Case 1\\Case 2\\}
- \end{loglogaxis}
+\legend{Case 1,Case 2}
+\end{loglogaxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
-\end{lstlisting}
-Besided the environment ``\texttt{loglogaxis}'' you can use
+\end{codeexample}
+The first plot employs inline coordinates; the second one reads numerical data from file and plots column `|Cost|' versus `|Error|'.
+
+\noindent
+Besided the environment ``|loglogaxis|'' you can use
\begin{itemize}
\item \lstinline!\begin{axis}...\end{axis}! for normal plots,
\item \lstinline!\begin{semilogxaxis}...\end{semilogxaxis}! for plots which have a normal~$y$ axis and a logarithmic~$x$ axis,
@@ -228,32 +228,17 @@ Besided the environment ``\texttt{loglogaxis}'' you can use
\end{itemize}
You can also use
\begin{lstlisting}
- \begin{axis}[xmode=normal,ymode=log]
- ...
- \end{axis}
-\end{lstlisting}
-which is the same as \lstinline!\begin{semilogyaxis}...\end{semilogyaxis}!. Example:
-\begin{lstlisting}
-\begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{semilogyaxis}[xlabel=Index,ylabel=Value]
- \addplot[color=blue,mark=*] plot coordinates {
- (1,8)
- (2,16)
- (3,32)
- (4,64)
- (5,128)
- (6,256)
- (7,512)
- };
- \end{semilogyaxis}
-\end{tikzpicture}
+\begin{axis}[xmode=normal,ymode=log]
+...
+\end{axis}
\end{lstlisting}
-see figure~\ref{fig:semilogy}.
-\begin{figure}
-\centering
+which is the same as \lstinline!\begin{semilogyaxis}...\end{semilogyaxis}!.
+\begin{codeexample}[]
\begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{semilogyaxis}[xlabel=Index,ylabel=Value]
- \addplot[color=blue,mark=*] plot coordinates {
+ \begin{semilogyaxis}[
+ xlabel=Index,ylabel=Value]
+
+ \addplot[color=blue,mark=*] coordinates {
(1,8)
(2,16)
(3,32)
@@ -262,412 +247,100 @@ see figure~\ref{fig:semilogy}.
(6,256)
(7,512)
};
- \end{semilogyaxis}
-\end{tikzpicture}
-
-\caption{A semi--logarithmic plot.}
-\label{fig:semilogy}
-\end{figure}
+ \end{semilogyaxis}%
+\end{tikzpicture}%
+\end{codeexample}
\subsection{Cycling line styles}
-You can skip the style arguments for \lstinline!\addplot[...]! or \lstinline!\addplot[...]! to determine plot specifications from a predefined list:
-\begin{figure}
-\centering
+You can skip the style arguments for \lstinline!\addplot[...]! to determine plot specifications from a predefined list:
+\label{page:plotcoords:src}%
+\begin{codeexample}[width=4cm]
\begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{loglogaxis}[
- xlabel={Degrees of freedom},
- ylabel={$L_2$ Error}
- ]
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (5, 8.312e-02)
- (17, 2.547e-02)
- (49, 7.407e-03)
- (129, 2.102e-03)
- (321, 5.874e-04)
- (769, 1.623e-04)
- (1793, 4.442e-05)
- (4097, 1.207e-05)
- (9217, 3.261e-06)
- };
+\begin{loglogaxis}[
+ xlabel={Degrees of freedom},
+ ylabel={$L_2$ Error}
+]
+\addplot coordinates {
+ (5,8.312e-02) (17,2.547e-02) (49,7.407e-03)
+ (129,2.102e-03) (321,5.874e-04) (769,1.623e-04)
+ (1793,4.442e-05) (4097,1.207e-05) (9217,3.261e-06)
+};
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (7, 8.472e-02)
- (31, 3.044e-02)
- (111, 1.022e-02)
- (351, 3.303e-03)
- (1023, 1.039e-03)
- (2815, 3.196e-04)
- (7423, 9.658e-05)
- (18943, 2.873e-05)
- (47103, 8.437e-06)
- };
+\addplot coordinates{
+ (7,8.472e-02) (31,3.044e-02) (111,1.022e-02)
+ (351,3.303e-03) (1023,1.039e-03) (2815,3.196e-04)
+ (7423,9.658e-05) (18943,2.873e-05) (47103,8.437e-06)
+};
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (9, 7.881e-02)
- (49, 3.243e-02)
- (209, 1.232e-02)
- (769, 4.454e-03)
- (2561, 1.551e-03)
- (7937, 5.236e-04)
- (23297, 1.723e-04)
- (65537, 5.545e-05)
- (178177, 1.751e-05)
- };
+\addplot coordinates{
+ (9,7.881e-02) (49,3.243e-02) (209,1.232e-02)
+ (769,4.454e-03) (2561,1.551e-03) (7937,5.236e-04)
+ (23297,1.723e-04) (65537,5.545e-05) (178177,1.751e-05)
+};
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (11, 6.887e-02)
- (71, 3.177e-02)
- (351, 1.341e-02)
- (1471, 5.334e-03)
- (5503, 2.027e-03)
- (18943, 7.415e-04)
- (61183, 2.628e-04)
- (187903, 9.063e-05)
- (553983, 3.053e-05)
- };
+\addplot coordinates{
+ (11,6.887e-02) (71,3.177e-02) (351,1.341e-02)
+ (1471,5.334e-03) (5503,2.027e-03) (18943,7.415e-04)
+ (61183,2.628e-04) (187903,9.063e-05) (553983,3.053e-05)
+};
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (13, 5.755e-02)
- (97, 2.925e-02)
- (545, 1.351e-02)
- (2561, 5.842e-03)
- (10625, 2.397e-03)
- (40193, 9.414e-04)
- (141569, 3.564e-04)
- (471041, 1.308e-04)
- (1496065, 4.670e-05)
- };
- \legend{$d=2$\\$d=3$\\$d=4$\\$d=5$\\$d=6$\\}
- \end{loglogaxis}
+\addplot coordinates{
+ (13,5.755e-02) (97,2.925e-02) (545,1.351e-02)
+ (2561,5.842e-03) (10625,2.397e-03) (40193,9.414e-04)
+ (141569,3.564e-04) (471041,1.308e-04) (1496065,4.670e-05)
+};
+\legend{$d=2$,$d=3$,$d=4$,$d=5$,$d=6$}
+\end{loglogaxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{codeexample}
+\noindent
+The cycle list can be modified, see the reference below.
-\caption{Predefined line/marker combinations.}
-\label{fig:predefined:plotspec}
-\end{figure}
-
-\begin{lstlisting}
-\begin{tikzpicture}
+\subsection{Scaling plots}
+You can use any of the \Tikz\ options to modify the appearance. For example, the ``|scale|'' transformation takes the picture as such and scales it.
+{%
+\begin{codeexample}[]
+\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.5]
\begin{loglogaxis}[
xlabel={Degrees of freedom},
ylabel={$L_2$ Error}
]
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (5, 8.312e-02)
- (17, 2.547e-02)
- (49, 7.407e-03)
- (129, 2.102e-03)
- (321, 5.874e-04)
- (769, 1.623e-04)
- (1793, 4.442e-05)
- (4097, 1.207e-05)
- (9217, 3.261e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (7, 8.472e-02)
- (31, 3.044e-02)
- (111, 1.022e-02)
- (351, 3.303e-03)
- (1023, 1.039e-03)
- (2815, 3.196e-04)
- (7423, 9.658e-05)
- (18943, 2.873e-05)
- (47103, 8.437e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (9, 7.881e-02)
- (49, 3.243e-02)
- (209, 1.232e-02)
- (769, 4.454e-03)
- (2561, 1.551e-03)
- (7937, 5.236e-04)
- (23297, 1.723e-04)
- (65537, 5.545e-05)
- (178177, 1.751e-05)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (11, 6.887e-02)
- (71, 3.177e-02)
- (351, 1.341e-02)
- (1471, 5.334e-03)
- (5503, 2.027e-03)
- (18943, 7.415e-04)
- (61183, 2.628e-04)
- (187903, 9.063e-05)
- (553983, 3.053e-05)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (13, 5.755e-02)
- (97, 2.925e-02)
- (545, 1.351e-02)
- (2561, 5.842e-03)
- (10625, 2.397e-03)
- (40193, 9.414e-04)
- (141569, 3.564e-04)
- (471041, 1.308e-04)
- (1496065, 4.670e-05)
- };
- \legend{$d=2$\\$d=3$\\$d=4$\\$d=5$\\$d=6$\\}
+ \plotcoords
+ \legend{$d=2$,$d=3$,$d=4$,$d=5$,$d=6$}
\end{loglogaxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
-\end{lstlisting}
-
-The result is shown in figure~\ref{fig:predefined:plotspec}. You can modify the list, see the reference below.
-
-\subsection{Scaling plots}
-You can use any of the \Tikz\ options to modify the appearance. For example the effect of the ``\texttt{scale}'' transformation is shown in figures \ref{fig:scale1}~and~\ref{fig:scale2}.
-\begin{figure}
-\begin{minipage}[c]{7.1cm}%
-\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.8]
+\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.1]
\begin{loglogaxis}[
xlabel={Degrees of freedom},
ylabel={$L_2$ Error}
]
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (5, 8.312e-02)
- (17, 2.547e-02)
- (49, 7.407e-03)
- (129, 2.102e-03)
- (321, 5.874e-04)
- (769, 1.623e-04)
- (1793, 4.442e-05)
- (4097, 1.207e-05)
- (9217, 3.261e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (7, 8.472e-02)
- (31, 3.044e-02)
- (111, 1.022e-02)
- (351, 3.303e-03)
- (1023, 1.039e-03)
- (2815, 3.196e-04)
- (7423, 9.658e-05)
- (18943, 2.873e-05)
- (47103, 8.437e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (9, 7.881e-02)
- (49, 3.243e-02)
- (209, 1.232e-02)
- (769, 4.454e-03)
- (2561, 1.551e-03)
- (7937, 5.236e-04)
- (23297, 1.723e-04)
- (65537, 5.545e-05)
- (178177, 1.751e-05)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (11, 6.887e-02)
- (71, 3.177e-02)
- (351, 1.341e-02)
- (1471, 5.334e-03)
- (5503, 2.027e-03)
- (18943, 7.415e-04)
- (61183, 2.628e-04)
- (187903, 9.063e-05)
- (553983, 3.053e-05)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (13, 5.755e-02)
- (97, 2.925e-02)
- (545, 1.351e-02)
- (2561, 5.842e-03)
- (10625, 2.397e-03)
- (40193, 9.414e-04)
- (141569, 3.564e-04)
- (471041, 1.308e-04)
- (1496065, 4.670e-05)
- };
- \legend{$d=2$\\$d=3$\\$d=4$\\$d=5$\\$d=6$\\}
+ \plotcoords
+ \legend{$d=2$,$d=3$,$d=4$,$d=5$,$d=6$}
\end{loglogaxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
-\end{minipage}%
-\hfill
-\begin{minipage}[c]{8cm}%
-\begin{lstlisting}
-\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=0.8]
-\begin{loglogaxis}
-...
-\end{loglogaxis}
-\end{tikzpicture}
-\end{lstlisting}
-\end{minipage}
-\caption{An example of a scaled plot.}
-\label{fig:scale1}
-\end{figure}
-
-\begin{figure}
-\centering
-\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.3]
+\end{codeexample}
+However, you can also scale plots by assigning a |width=5cm| and/or |height=3cm| argument. This only affects the distance of point coordinates, no font sizes or axis descriptions:
+\begin{codeexample}[]
+\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{loglogaxis}[
+ width=6cm,
xlabel={Degrees of freedom},
ylabel={$L_2$ Error}
]
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (5, 8.312e-02)
- (17, 2.547e-02)
- (49, 7.407e-03)
- (129, 2.102e-03)
- (321, 5.874e-04)
- (769, 1.623e-04)
- (1793, 4.442e-05)
- (4097, 1.207e-05)
- (9217, 3.261e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (7, 8.472e-02)
- (31, 3.044e-02)
- (111, 1.022e-02)
- (351, 3.303e-03)
- (1023, 1.039e-03)
- (2815, 3.196e-04)
- (7423, 9.658e-05)
- (18943, 2.873e-05)
- (47103, 8.437e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (9, 7.881e-02)
- (49, 3.243e-02)
- (209, 1.232e-02)
- (769, 4.454e-03)
- (2561, 1.551e-03)
- (7937, 5.236e-04)
- (23297, 1.723e-04)
- (65537, 5.545e-05)
- (178177, 1.751e-05)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (11, 6.887e-02)
- (71, 3.177e-02)
- (351, 1.341e-02)
- (1471, 5.334e-03)
- (5503, 2.027e-03)
- (18943, 7.415e-04)
- (61183, 2.628e-04)
- (187903, 9.063e-05)
- (553983, 3.053e-05)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (13, 5.755e-02)
- (97, 2.925e-02)
- (545, 1.351e-02)
- (2561, 5.842e-03)
- (10625, 2.397e-03)
- (40193, 9.414e-04)
- (141569, 3.564e-04)
- (471041, 1.308e-04)
- (1496065, 4.670e-05)
- };
- \legend{$d=2$\\$d=3$\\$d=4$\\$d=5$\\$d=6$\\}
+ \plotcoords
+ \legend{$d=2$,$d=3$,$d=4$,$d=5$,$d=6$}
\end{loglogaxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
-\begin{lstlisting}
- \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.3]
- \begin{loglogaxis}
- ...
- \end{loglogaxis}
- \end{tikzpicture}
-\end{lstlisting}
-\caption{The effect of a ``\texttt{scale}'' transformation by~$30\%$.}
-\label{fig:scale2}
-\end{figure}
-
-You can scale plots either using the \texttt{width=5cm} and/or \texttt{height=3cm} options or by setting the dimension for each unit coordinate as is shown in figure~\ref{fig:scale:units}.
-
-More examples can be found in section~\ref{sec:examples}.
-
-\begin{figure}
-\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{loglogaxis}[%
- x=0.4cm,y=0.7cm,
+ \begin{loglogaxis}[
+ width=8cm,
xlabel={Degrees of freedom},
ylabel={$L_2$ Error}
]
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (5, 8.312e-02)
- (17, 2.547e-02)
- (49, 7.407e-03)
- (129, 2.102e-03)
- (321, 5.874e-04)
- (769, 1.623e-04)
- (1793, 4.442e-05)
- (4097, 1.207e-05)
- (9217, 3.261e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (7, 8.472e-02)
- (31, 3.044e-02)
- (111, 1.022e-02)
- (351, 3.303e-03)
- (1023, 1.039e-03)
- (2815, 3.196e-04)
- (7423, 9.658e-05)
- (18943, 2.873e-05)
- (47103, 8.437e-06)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (9, 7.881e-02)
- (49, 3.243e-02)
- (209, 1.232e-02)
- (769, 4.454e-03)
- (2561, 1.551e-03)
- (7937, 5.236e-04)
- (23297, 1.723e-04)
- (65537, 5.545e-05)
- (178177, 1.751e-05)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (11, 6.887e-02)
- (71, 3.177e-02)
- (351, 1.341e-02)
- (1471, 5.334e-03)
- (5503, 2.027e-03)
- (18943, 7.415e-04)
- (61183, 2.628e-04)
- (187903, 9.063e-05)
- (553983, 3.053e-05)
- };
-
- \addplot plot coordinates {
- (13, 5.755e-02)
- (97, 2.925e-02)
- (545, 1.351e-02)
- (2561, 5.842e-03)
- (10625, 2.397e-03)
- (40193, 9.414e-04)
- (141569, 3.564e-04)
- (471041, 1.308e-04)
- (1496065, 4.670e-05)
- };
- \legend{$d=2$\\$d=3$\\$d=4$\\$d=5$\\$d=6$\\}
+ \plotcoords
+ \legend{$d=2$,$d=3$,$d=4$,$d=5$,$d=6$}
\end{loglogaxis}
-\end{tikzpicture}%
-
-\begin{lstlisting}
- \begin{tikzpicture}
- \begin{loglogaxis}[x=0.4cm,y=0.7cm,...]
- ...
- \end{loglogaxis}
- \end{tikzpicture}
-\end{lstlisting}
-\caption{The result of setting the unit vector for~$x$ to~0.4cm and for~$y$ to~0.7cm.}
-\label{fig:scale:units}
-\end{figure}
-
+\end{tikzpicture}
+\end{codeexample}