Sorry, forgot to copy the list. On 6/27/07, Ryan Krauss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think what you are asking is how to make mpl plot different line > types in colors and styles that are easily distinguishable when > plotted in grayscale. I had tinkered with this a bit in the past and > the final suggestion was to write some helper functions so that I > could do the following: > > from mycyclers import colorcycler, linecycler > > for data in mydata: > ax.plot(data, linestyle=linecycler(), color=colorcycler()) > > so that by writing a linecycler function I could control the line > types plotted each time and the same with the color. Color would be > specified as a grayscale such as '#808080' for a medium gray or > '#000000' for black. > > I didn't actually do it this way or I would post the code (I was in a > hurry and did something hackish). I think that linecycler and > colorcycler would be helper classes thta increment there own internal > count when called and return a linestyle or color. > > I think what you want in the end is a simple way to do this: > > t=arange(0,1,0.01) > y=sin(2*pi*t) > x=cos(2*pi*t) > plot(t,x,color='#000000',linestyle='-') > plot(t,y,color='#808080',linestyle=':') > > where color and line style would increment pseudo-automatically > through lists you have defined and that you like. > > A slightly better approach might be: > t=arange(0,1,0.01) > y=sin(2*pi*t) > x=cos(2*pi*t) > data=[x,y] > mycolors=['#000000','#808080'] > mytypes=['-',':'] > > def grayscaleplot(data,t): > for n,item in enumerate(data): > plot(t,item, color=mycolors[n], linestyle=mytypes[n]) > > FWIW, > > Ryan > > > On 6/27/07, Emmanuel Favre-Nicolin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I didn't find any tip for preparation of simple black and white 2D plot, > > especially for nice output in eps for publication. > > > > Any suggestions are welcome. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Matplotlib-users mailing list > > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > > > >
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