On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Matthew MacLeod <macl...@eefus.colorado.edu
> wrote:
> Dear matplotlib users,
>
> I have a problem with my plots, it is that the plot
> axes and the tick marks are too small, is there a way to increase the
> 'lineweight' and size of these basic features?
> I am not asking about axis label text size and that of the
> information inside the plot, but rather the basic skeleton of the plot. I
> suppose I can make thicker ticks by hand w/ the xvline and xhline modules,
> but I'd rather not do it this way.
>
Look into your matplotlibrc file, for the following lines:
#axes.linewidth
#xtick.major.size and three other adjustments.
Not sure how to update these in code yet. Let me know when you figure out :)
> Also I often find that the xlabel is too close to the plot box
> (xaxis) is there a way to increase this distance besides making my own
> labels via text.
>
I[3]: label = plt.xlabel ("baskervilles")
I[5]: label.set_position ?
Type: instancemethod
Base Class: <type 'instancemethod'>
String Form: <bound method Text.set_position of <matplotlib.text.Text
object at 0x98f5bac>>
Namespace: Interactive
File:
/home/gsever/Desktop/python-repo/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/text.py
Definition: label.set_position(self, xy)
Docstring:
Set the (*x*, *y*) position of the text
ACCEPTS: (x,y)
>
> Thanks,
> Matthew
>
>
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