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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users