On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 6:05 AM, izak marais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I see there is a "hatch: unknown" kwarg mentioned in the hist()
> documentation. Can anyone shed some light on how to use this please? I
> assume it might be used to generate monochrome rectangles with
> differentiating hatched fills?

The rectangles generates by "hist" are matplotlib.patch.Rectangle
instances, and the "hatch" property is controlled by the "set_hatch"
method.  Here is the docstring which should tell you most everything
you need to know.  Note the caveat at the end that it is only
currently supported on postscript -- patches for other backends much
obliged

    def set_hatch(self, h):
        """
        Set the hatching pattern

        hatch can be one of::

          /   - diagonal hatching
          \   - back diagonal
          |   - vertical
          -   - horizontal
          #   - crossed
          x   - crossed diagonal

        Letters can be combined, in which case all the specified
        hatchings are done.  If same letter repeats, it increases the
        density of hatching in that direction.

        CURRENT LIMITATIONS:

        1. Hatching is supported in the PostScript backend only.

        2. Hatching is done with solid black lines of width 0.

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