Hi Jonathan,

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 16:29, Jonathan Slavin <jsla...@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:
> To all:
>
> I'm wondering if there is any way to make plots with open symbols, e.g.
> a circle.  I know how to use markers that look open, e.g. by doing
> something like,
> plot(x,y,marker='o',mfc='w')
> They are white in the center, but they're not really open since they
> block out whatever is behind them.  I tried using a color with
> transparency, say alpha=0.1 or something (mfc=(1.,1.,1.,0.1)) but that
> didn't work.  What I have in mind is illustrated in the attached plot,
> which I made some time ago in IDL. Is there an easy way to define your
> own markers for plotting?

just use mfc='None'


Tinne

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