On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 4:48 PM, John [H2O]<washa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Jae-Joon Lee wrote: >> >> get_xmajorticklabels() returns a list of matplotlib's "Text" objects, >> not python strings. >> > > This is what I've now come to understand, but it seems very odd. Why > wouldn't it return the list of strings, or alternatively, how can you get > the list of strings? I guess you have to use the pyplot tools, but I was > trying to use so called 'fine grain' control and do everything at the axes > level. >
Why it does not return a list of strings? Because the documentation says it does not. Well, I acknowledge the asymetry in the API, but this is how things are. How to get the list of strings? Use the "get_text" method of the "Text" object. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/artist_api.html?#matplotlib.text.Text.get_text I used pyplot function because you were calling plt.gca(). If you don't like it, you can explicitly go over the for loop with appropriate methods. for t in ax1.get_xmajorticklabels(): t.set(size=6,rotation=30) or use set_size and set_rotation if you prefer. See the documentation for more details. Regards, -JJ > > >> >> plt.setp(plt.gca().get_xmajorticklabels(), >> size=6,rotation=30) >> > > In fact, what you show is how I was testing in ipython and it does worked, > it just seemed in a script it would be better to use the axis method, but > apparently it is different from the gca() method. This is what I don't > understand. > > Thanks! > > > 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 > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/rotating-labels%2C-what-is-wrong-%21-tp24572302p24577287.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
