# HG changeset patch
# User Rik <rik@octave.org>
# Date 1392523772 28800
# Node ID 0bfa7798c4966150a0db8427149193900c0f4d20
# Parent  c5a101de2d88fdc394686ffba67963e4415cd791
imported patch axis

diff -r c5a101de2d88 -r 0bfa7798c496 scripts/plot/appearance/axis.m
--- a/scripts/plot/appearance/axis.m	Sat Feb 15 14:42:07 2014 -0800
+++ b/scripts/plot/appearance/axis.m	Sat Feb 15 20:09:32 2014 -0800
@@ -197,10 +197,14 @@
         ## (useful with the x11 gnuplot terminal after a window resize)
         set (ca, "dataaspectratiomode", "auto");
       endif
-      set (ca, "dataaspectratio", [1, 1, 1]);
+      set (ca, "dataaspectratio", [1, 1, 1], "plotboxaspectratio", [5 4 4]);
+      
     elseif (strcmpi (ax, "normal"))
-      set (ca, "plotboxaspectratio", [1, 1, 1]);
-      set (ca, "plotboxaspectratiomode", "auto");
+      ## Set plotboxaspectratio to something obtuse so that switching
+      ## back to "auto" will force a re-calculation.
+      set (ca, "plotboxaspectratio", [3 2 1]);
+      set (ca, "plotboxaspectratiomode", "auto",
+               "dataaspectratiomode", "auto");
 
       ## axis limits
     elseif (len >= 4 && strcmpi (ax(1:4), "auto"))