Angus pointed out that I need to do res.fmt_xdata=foo Duh. I was evaluating foo.
But this still doesn't work! The default formatting operation is still called. Mathew Mathew Yeates wrote: > Thanks Angus. I tried this out ... it works once and only once! > BTW, The correct thing to do is > res=fig.gca() > res.fmt_xdata=foo() #instead of format_xdata > res.fmt_ydata=foo() > > although, like I said, it only first for the first event. Somehow > res.fmt_xdata is getting set back to None > > > Mathew > > > Angus McMorland wrote: > >> Hi Mathew, >> >> 2008/10/13 Mathew Yeates <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >> >> Okay, I've gotten this far. I have a Figure and I think I can >> change the >> formatting of the values displayed in the toolbar by setting >> taking the >> X axis and setting the function >> format_xdata >> to something of my own (something that computes lat/lon). Similar idea >> for the Y axis. >> >> So, given my figure, how do I get the X and Y axis? All I see is >> gca(). >> But how can I get both? Using fig.get_axes() I only got 1 axis. >> >> >> I think this is a terminology issue: the axis objects returned by >> gca() or in the list returned by get_axes() incorporate both the >> 'axes' in the sense of x and y axes. With the single result of gca() >> you can get at both the x and y axes. For example: >> >> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >> ax = plt.gca() >> ax.set_xlims(xmin=-1) >> ax.set_ylims(ymax=0) >> ax.format_xdata = ... # if this is how you use this bit - haven't >> needed to change these myself >> ax.format_ydata = ... >> >> I hope that helps, >> >> Angus. >> >> -- >> AJC McMorland >> Post-doctoral research fellow >> Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
