axis label position and ticks

[Henrique Barbosa]

Dear All,

Is it possible to determine the position (or better the offset)
where an axis title will be drawn? when I use

'draw ylab my_yaxis_title'

grads automatically calculates the offset from the border
of the graph so that there is enough space for the numbers.

I tried to do:

'set ylpos offset side'

But that change the position of the axis, and not of its title.

Second doubt: is it possible to draw only the axis ticks, without
the numbers? I tried

'set ylab " "'        * show the double quotes, instead of a blank
'set ylab '           * give an error

without success.

Henrique Barbosa