Hi John Thanks for that. I thought I recalled seeing the example you mentioned, but obviously it was a different one.
I tried the code you gave me and it worked perfectly. Thanks very much! Cheers JP John Hunter wrote: > The approach I suggested doesn't affect the x and y axes, only the > coord in the toolbar. > ... > Try > > def myfmt(x,y): return 'myfmt (%1.2f, %1.2f)'%(x,y) > ax = subplot(111) > ax.format_coord = myfmt > ax.plot([1,2,3]) > > JDH > > > -- John Pye Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia http://pye.dyndns.org/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users