The example below will give you some idea where to start. It uses twin function in axes_grid toolkit. (also see http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/axes_grid/parasite_simple2.html)
You may use twinx or twiny, but you need to make both x and y axis in sync to each other (maybe using the "xlim_changed" or "ylim_changed" event). To change the title position you set_position method (the coordinate is in normalized axes coordinate). If you need more control, I recommend to use annotate function. Regards, -JJ import matplotlib.transforms as mtransforms import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid.parasite_axes import SubplotHost fig = plt.figure() ax1 = SubplotHost(fig, 1,1,1) fig.add_subplot(ax1) ax1.plot([41000, 42000, 43000], [10., 60, 80.]) y_max = 90 aux_trans = mtransforms.Affine2D().scale(3600., y_max) # transform from ax2 to ax1 ax2 = ax1.twin(aux_trans) from matplotlib.dates import DateFormatter, HourLocator locator = HourLocator() ax2.xaxis.set_major_locator(locator) formatter = DateFormatter(r'$%H^h$') ax2.xaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter) t = ax1.set_title("Title") t.set_position((0.5, 1.05)) plt.show() ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users