CustomTicks package for Mathematica

Mark A. Caprio University of Notre Dame

The CustomTicks package for Mathematica is also available at:

• http://scidraw.nd.edu/

• http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/5599/

Install

Download the file CustomTicks.m and import package or run:

Get["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mark-caprio/CustomTicks/master/CustomTicks.m"]

Versions

• V1.0. March 11, 2005. MathSource No. 5599.
• V1.1. March 18, 2005. Documentation update.
• V1.2. September 17, 2005. Simplified LogTicks syntax.
• V1.3. November 29, 2005. Documentation update.
• V1.4. July 18, 2007. FixedPointForm, ExtraTicks option.
• V1.5. August 2, 2007. Mathematica 6 compatibility update.
• V1.6. July 10, 2008. Overhaul of FixedPointForm to string output. Separate options for LogTicks. Updates for use of LinTicks and LogTicks as automatic tick functions.
• V1.61. July 23, 2008. Workaround for unexpected behavior of RealDigits.
• V1.62. September 30, 2008. Rounding rather than truncation on digits to right of decimal point.
• V1.63. December 29, 2009. TickTest and TickLabelTest. TickLengthScale and TickReverse. LimitTickLabelRange.
• V1.64. October 27, 2010. Context changed to LevelScheme`*.
• V1.70. June 3, 2011. Restructured with init.m file. Added option LogPlot. Replaced StyleForm with Style (Mathematica 6) in natural log plot.
• V1.80. September 30, 2011. TickDirection.
• V1.81. March 24, 2012. Add pass-through of nonnumeric values for FixedPointForm.
• V1.82. July 15, 2012. Patch to allow negative tick range in range tests, for use with reversed-axis plots.
• V1.90. October 6, 2014. Pass through of options to FixedPointForm from LinTicks, to allow easier control over sign formatting in ticks.
• V2.0.0. March 1, 2015. Add support for minor tick labels: option ShowMinorTickLabels, MinorTickLabelStyle.
• V2.1.0. March 12, 2016. Convert to standalone .m file (as opposed to autogeneration from notebook) and move text comments into .m file.
• V2.1.1. August 26, 2020. Documentation update (FrameTicks syntax in examples).
• V2.1.2. December 28, 2021. Add NumberPadding option for FixedPointForm. Fix LinTicks automatic tick generation under Mathematica 13.0.