title: Remove xticks but keep xticklabels in MATLAB
body: <p>I have a plot in MATLAB from which I would like to remove the <code>xtick</code>s but keep the <code>xticklabel</code>s. If I just remove the <code>xtick</code> like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>set(gca, 'XTick', []);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>...then the labels also disappear. Is there a way to keep the labels, without having to manually recreate them with text boxes? I thought about trying to make the length of the <code>xtick</code>s zero, but <a href="http://www.mathworks.co.uk/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/17044" rel="noreferrer">this answer</a> suggests that <code>xtick</code> properties cannot be independently controlled.</p>