Index: ../trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/applyoptions.js
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--- ../trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/applyoptions.js	(revision 19798)
+++ ../trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/applyoptions.js	(revision 19799)
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@
 		showbasins(options);
 	end
 	*/ //}}}
-	//Caxis
-	if (options.exist('caxis')) {
-		caxis(options.getfieldvalue('caxis'));
-	}
 	/* ///{{{
 	//shading
 	if exist(options,'shading'),
@@ -139,6 +135,7 @@
 				//c=colorbar(options.getfieldvalue('colorbarcornerposition'),'peer',gca);
 			} else { 
 			}
+			var caxis = options.getfieldvalue('caxis',[Math.min.apply(null,data),Math.max.apply(null,data)]);
 			var canvassize = options.getfieldvalue('canvassize',480);
 			var cheight = options.getfieldvalue('colorbarheight',0.95)*canvassize;
 			var cwidth = options.getfieldvalue('colorbarwidth',canvassize/20);
@@ -171,7 +168,7 @@
 				}
 			} else {
 				for (var i = cdivisions; i >= 0; i--) {
-					labels[i] = (caxisdelta*i/cdivisions-caxis[0]).toPrecision(3);
+					labels[i] = (caxisdelta*i/cdivisions-caxis[0]).toString();
 				}
 			}
 			for (var i = cdivisions; i >= 0; i--) {