Arrrg, it depends on other module in axes_grid toolkit. So, you need svn version of mpl.
However, It is possible to specify the location of the axes in normalized axes coordinate. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.matplotlib.general/16373 -JJ On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Jae-Joon Lee<lee.j.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you use the svn version of matplotlib, you may use axes_grid toolkit. > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/users/overview.html#insetlocator > > I think the required inset_locator module actually does not depend on > other modules in axes_grid, so if you're not using svn, you may just > download inset_locator.py and use it. > But still, you need to have 0.98.5.3 installed. > > http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/matplotlib/trunk/matplotlib/lib/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/inset_locator.py?view=markup > > -JJ > > > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Robin<robi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm sure its a bit lazy to ask but I can't think of the right keywords >> to search for... >> >> I would like to produce a plot with a zoomed in box detail section. >> What I have in mind is a plot of an exponentially decaying line with >> some fine detail, so I would like the main plot to show the scale of >> the exponential decay, but then in the large space in the >> center/top/right of the plot I would like to have a zoomed in box >> showing more detail of a particular bit to show the level of the noise >> etc. >> >> No idea where to start with acheiving this so I thought I'd ask if >> anyone has done anything similar or if there would be any examples on >> the web site - or whether it would be easier just to produce 2 plots >> at different scales then chop them together in a graphics editing >> program. (I thought of inkscape, but in the past when I've tried to >> edit matplotlib vector output it messed up the fonts - or at least >> changed them - so I'm not sure if theres a better program, or some >> trick to using it). >> >> Cheers >> >> Robin >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge >> This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, >> vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have >> the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize >> details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge >> _______________________________________________ >> Matplotlib-users mailing list >> Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in prizes! For a limited time, vendors submitting new applications to BlackBerry App World(TM) will have the opportunity to enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge. See full prize details at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/Challenge _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
