Thanks for your reply Mike.  Looks like fig.add_axes(..) works the best for
me for now.  If my situation gets worse I will try and look into calls that
allocate window area for the figure/canvas in a container.

Thanks again!

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 6:03 AM, Michael Droettboom <md...@stsci.edu> wrote:

> The problem is really that the window is too small, the text is too large,
> and/or the axes is too large within the figure.
>
> Try one or more of the following:
>
> Replace the values for win.set_default_size to something larger, eg.
>
>  win.set_default_size(800,600)
>
> Replace the fig.add_subplot call with a fig.add_axes call that explicitly
> specifies the axes position:
>
>  ax = fig.add_axes((0.2, 0.2, 0.6, 0.6))
>
> Reduce the font size by adding the following to the top:
>
>  from matplotlib import rcParams
>  rcParams['font.size'] = 4
>
> Reduce the dpi of the plot:
>
>  fig = Figure(figsize=(5,4), dpi=60)
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>
> Vamsi Vytla wrote:
>
>> Adding line:
>> ax.set_xlabel("asdf")
>>
>> To file (matplotlib examples):
>>
>> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/user_interfaces/embedding_in_gtk2.py
>>
>> This sets the X-Label under the navigation toolbar.  I am unable to set it
>> such a way that the entire canvas is rendered in the container.
>>
>> It would be of great help to know how this can be done.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> W
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