Thanks Eric.
You know that this has been on my wish list for a long time.
Let me know if I can test anything or help in any other way,
Mark
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Eric Firing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mark Bakker wrote:
>
>> Hello list (especially Erik, who can fix this I hope) -
>>
>> I have had problems with shared axes, especially when one of the axis has
>> an aspect ratio that is set 'equal'. It has been discussed on the list
>> before (mostly with Erik Firing), but it hasn't been fixed yet. What I want
>> to do is have two plots. The top plot has an aspect ratio that is 'equal'.
>> The idea is to have a contour plot in the top figure, while the bottom
>> figure gives a cross-sectional picture of what I am plotting. This used to
>> work well (quite some time ago), including zooming and such. But now I
>> cannot plot it at all, let alone zoom.
>>
>> My first problem is when I add a subplot with a shared x-axis, it changes
>> the limits on the original x-axis. That seems to be a bug:
>> ax1 = subplot(211)
>> plot([1,2,3]) # Now the limits of the x-axis go from 0 to 2.
>> subplot(212,sharex=ax1) # Now the limits of both x-axis go from 0 to 1.
>>
>> After all, the new subplot shares the axis with the existing subplot, so
>> why doesn't it copy the axis limits from that subplot?
>>
>
> I may have the fix for this, but I need more time to check and refine
> it--and try to make sure that I don't break anything else in the process.
>
>
>> But the bigger problem occurs when I want the aspect ratio of one of the
>> first axis to be 'equal'.
>>
>> ax1 = subplot(211,aspect='equal')
>> plot([1,2,3]) subplot(212,sharex=ax1)
>>
>> The second subplot is added, but the length of the graph is not the same
>> as for the first subplot. It also resets the xlimits to go from 0 to 1, as
>> before, which means the first subplot becomes unreadable (it still enforces
>> 'equal' in the first subplot by changing the limits of the y-axis). When I
>> now change the limits on the x-axis, the aspect ratio is not equal anymore
>>
>>
> I will see what I can do. There are definitely some bugs that need to be
> squashed.
>
> Eric
>
>
> ax1.set_xlim(0,2)
>> draw()
>>
>> Thanks for your help. I am willing to help in testing any changes.
>>
>> Best regards, Mark
>>
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
_______________________________________________
Matplotlib-devel mailing list
Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
