I think you misunderstood what I meant by proxy artist (I'm not sure if this is a right choice of the word, as a matter of fact).
Again, PolyCollection instance that is returned by fill_between is not supported by legend. Therefore, you have to use other kind of artist (which I call proxy artist) that is supported. The example I linked just show how to use Rectangle as a proxy. -JJ On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Mike Anderson <mbander...@wisc.edu> wrote: >> If you want to have a legend for PolyCollection, you may use a proxy >> artist. >> >> >> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/legend_guide.html#using-proxy-artist >> > > Thanks for the link! Although, it seems that legend does not support > PolyCollection at all: > > "Remember that some pyplot commands return artist not supported by legend, > e.g., fill_between() returns PolyCollection that is not supported." > > so that even trying to use a proxy artist results in an error (shown at > bottom), with the code here: > ------------------------------ > listOfThingsPlotted = [] > listOfLegendLabels = [] > for column in sorted(yValues): > temp = ax.fill_between(xValues, yValues[column], label=column) > listOfThingsPlotted.append(temp) > listOfLegendLabels.append(column) > > legend = > plt.legend(listOfThingsPlotted,listOfLegendLabels,bbox_to_anchor=(1.25, 1), > shadow=True, fancybox=True) > ------------------------------ > > > > Error: > ------------------------------ > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/cms/cmsprod/bin/prodJobMonitorPlots_matplotlib.py", line 117, in > <module> > plotStackedJobsVsTime(inputFile, outputFile, outputTitle) > File "/cms/cmsprod/bin/prodJobMonitorPlots_matplotlib.py", line 93, in > plotStackedJobsVsTime > legend = > plt.legend(listOfThingsPlotted,listOfLegendLabels,bbox_to_anchor=(1.25, 1), > shadow=True, fancybox=True) # Make legend > File > "/afs/hep.wisc.edu/cms/sw/python/x86/2.5.4/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib-0.99.1.1_r0-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/pyplot.py", > line 2437, in legend > ret = gca().legend(*args, **kwargs) > File > "/afs/hep.wisc.edu/cms/sw/python/x86/2.5.4/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib-0.99.1.1_r0-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/axes.py", > line 4044, in legend > self.legend_ = mlegend.Legend(self, handles, labels, **kwargs) > File > "/afs/hep.wisc.edu/cms/sw/python/x86/2.5.4/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib-0.99.1.1_r0-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/legend.py", > line 304, in __init__ > self._init_legend_box(handles, labels) > File > "/afs/hep.wisc.edu/cms/sw/python/x86/2.5.4/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib-0.99.1.1_r0-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/legend.py", > line 582, in _init_legend_box > handlebox.add_artist(handle) > File > "/afs/hep.wisc.edu/cms/sw/python/x86/2.5.4/lib/python2.5/site-packages/matplotlib-0.99.1.1_r0-py2.5-linux-i686.egg/matplotlib/offsetbox.py", > line 475, in add_artist > a.set_transform(self.get_transform()) > AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set_transform' > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) 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/devconference _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
