title: d3 control space between ticks
body: <p>Is there any way to put more space between ticks?</p>
  
  <pre><code>var xAxisScale = d3.scale.linear().domain([0, 87]).range([0, width]);
  var XAxis =d3.svg.axis().scale(xAxisScale).orient("bottom").ticks(87).tickFormat(d3.format("d"));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get</p>
  
  <pre><code>1--2--3--4--5--6--7--8-- ....
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but I want more space between ticks. like</p>
  
  <pre><code>1----2----3----4----5----6----7----8---- ...
  </code></pre>