get_xmajorticklabels() returns a list of matplotlib's "Text" objects, not python strings.
http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/axes_api.html?highlight=get_xmajorticklabels#matplotlib.axes.Axes.get_xmajorticklabels On the other hand, set_xticklabels() takes a list of python strings. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/axes_api.html?highlight=set_xticklabels#matplotlib.axes.Axes.set_xticklabels Something like below will work. plt.setp(plt.gca().get_xmajorticklabels(), size=6,rotation=30) -JJ On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:48 AM, John [H2O]<washa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am trying simply to shrink the font size and rotate xaxis labels: > > fig1 = plt.figure() > ax1 = fig1.add_subplot(211) > ax2 = fig1.add_subplot(212) > ax1.plot_date(x,y,'r') > ax1.set_xticklabels(plt.gca().get_xmajorticklabels(), > size=6,rotation=30) > ax2.plot_date(o_X['time'],o_X['CO'],'y') > ax2.set_xticklabels(plt.gca().get_xmajorticklabels(), > size=6,rotation=30) > > I end up with labels as: ("Text(0,0"Text(0,0,"")") > > ???? > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/rotating-labels%2C-what-is-wrong-%21-tp24572302p24572302.html > Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
