Hi all, By default, 'legend' uses two points two represent a line. This looks a bit weird when you have only markers (no line), e.g.,
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot([1,2,3], [4,5,6], 'x', label='first line') plt.legend() plt.show() Notice how there are two crosses in the legend. Having only one, as in import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot([1,2,3], [4,5,6], 'x', label='first line') plt.legend(numpoints=1) plt.show() would look better. Unfortunately, I can't always use numpoints=1, because then the legend for a normal line isn't drawn properly: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot([1,2,3], [4,5,6], 'x-', label='first line') plt.legend(numpoints=1) plt.show() What would be ideal (for me personally), is to have, for numpoints=1: linestyle 'x' ---> legend ' x ' linestyle '-x' ---> legend '---x---' Has this been considered before? If not, I'll write a patch. Regards Stéfan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
