newgraph border (* Both axes should have same scale and size, and scale must be symmetric. In other words, choose the most extreme number seen in max(r_j-r_f), min(r_j-r_f), max(r_M-r_f), min(r_M-r_f) *) xaxis size 3 min -35 max 35 draw_at 0 draw_hash_marks_at -35 draw_hash_labels_at -36 yaxis size 3 min -35 max 35 draw_at 0 draw_hash_marks_at -35 draw_hash_labels_at -36 newcurve linetype none marktype circle marksize 0.7 pts include 9.dat newcurve linetype solid marktype none linethickness 2.0 pts shell : gawk 'BEGIN {printf("%f %f\n", -35, 0.656+(-35*0.86)); printf("%f %f\n", +35, 0.656+(+35*0.86))}' newstring x -5 y 30 : r_j - r_f newstring x -30 y 2 : r_M - r_f