def gtics(var=None,steps=6,n=512,min=0,max=1):
        if (var in ['x','y']):
                if steps==0:
                        print '__gnuplot_set__ '+var+'tics auto'
                else:
                        topr='__gnuplot_set__ '+var+'tics ('
                        for i in range(0,steps+1):
                                topr+='"'+str(float(max-min)/(steps-1)*i)+'" '+str(float(n)/(steps-1)*i)+','
                        print topr[:-1]+')'
        else:
                print '__gnuplot_set__ xtics auto'
                print '__gnuplot_set__ ytics auto'

def gtics(var=None,list=[]):
        if (var in ['x','y']):
                if len(list)==0:
                        print '__gnuplot_set__ '+var+'tics auto'
                else:   
                        topr='__gnuplot_set__ '+var+'tics ('
                        for i in list:
                                topr+='"'+i[0]+'" '+str(i[1])+','
                        print topr[:-1]+')'
        else:   
                print '__gnuplot_set__ xtics auto'
                print '__gnuplot_set__ ytics auto'