The matplotlib philosophy is one of "make easy things easy" - which I totally agree with.
I am a new user of matplotlib; and a relatively new Python programmer. I am trying to produce some bar charts for a colleague, in an attempt to show how easy it is to do this with Python/matplotlib (as opposed to the old Excel/cut-n-paste approach!). I think I have got the basics OK (two subplots), but I am struggling with what *I* think should be trivial tasks - such as setting line widths, font sizes, bar colours etc. The examples do not really seem to deal with these issues, and in fact the homepage implies these are for a "power user", which I find strange because these are some of the first things most users want to "fiddle" with! What I have done as a temporary fix is alter all the settings in the matplotprc file; but this is not ideal as these settings affect *all* charts. It appears the manual (which I assume might be able to help me) is not "downloadable". The link : http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users_guide_0.87.1.pdf results in a 2.41MB PDF file, which Acrobat Reader reports is "damaged". (I also noticed when running the download, that the download manager seemed to be expecting a 4.5MB file?) The example: http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Matplotlib/BarCharts shows how to setup labels for a bar chart - but it would be great if there was a line-by-line explanation of what each step means; its not very clear! The last point of "mystery" to me is that of "plot" vs "subplot" vs "bar" - are these all essentially the same family of object, with some differences in their capabilities - or vastly different beasts? Any help with these "newbie" issues would be appreciated! Thanks Derek -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright, terms and conditions and e-mail legal notice. Views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the CSIR. CSIR E-mail Legal Notice http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_eMail_Legal_Notice.html CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions http://mail.csir.co.za/CSIR_Copyright.html For electronic copies of the CSIR Copyright, Terms and Conditions and the CSIR Legal Notice send a blank message with REQUEST LEGAL in the subject line to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
