Re: X-Axis and character strings

Looks like you want a custom axis with labels you specify yourself.  See custom axes annotation in the docs for -B
http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/doc/latest/GMT_Docs.html#map-frame-and-axes-annotations-the-b-option

-p

On May 5, 2014, at 12:07 PM, paul krusic <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear GMT Forum,
> 
>    I was wondering if it is possible to use psxy in to plot a set of Y values along on an X-axis annotated/defined by a list of character strings as in the example input file <tst.dat> below.  I have considered simply plotting the values on a linear scale ( -JX -R1/7/0./1) then editing the plot afterwards but am hoping for a more efficient solution.
> 
> <tst.dat>
> "pOct"	0.34
> "pNov"	0.38
> "pDec"	0.42
> "cJan"	0.33
> "cApr"	0.45
> "cMay"	0.41
> "cJun"	0.39
> 
> Sincerely,
> pjk
> 
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