switch off auto-scale for x axis to avoid jumping of ticks on x axis …

[Sylviabohnenstengel]

…between frames.
fixes #1133

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[Sylviabohnenstengel]

I have just commented it out for now as we might want to introduce it again later.

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[jwarner8]

I have a few histogram improvements on #1008 that I need to get onto trunk before release (particularly a special case for rainfall on log/log axis otherwise its unreadable), so happy to merge this as its minor and I'll get #1008 ready for review.

[jfrost-mo]

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I have just commented it out for now as we might want to introduce it again later.

Generally we should avoid leaving commented out code in there, as that is what we have version control for. OFFICIAL