On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Ryan May <rma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:00 PM, C M <cmpyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, Ryan. I've done that now. I use the OOP approach to matplotlib
> and
> > embed it in wxPython, so my example uses that. I did not know how to
> apply
> > an AutoDateFormatter to an axis if using pylab and figured the basics of
> > what I am trying to do are apparent from this sample.
> >
> > The sample is attached. The point of it is that, despite it apparently
> > using my AutoDateFormatter, all the dates at all levels of zoom are %Y
> (e.g.
> > "2010"). This is because in the AutoDateFormatter subclass, the line:
> >
> > scale = float( self._locator._get_unit() )
> >
> > is *always* returning 365.0.
> >
> > I am not bothering for now to include the business about how
> point-picking
> > remedies my problem, because the AutoDateFormatter shouldn't need
> > that--obviously, the way I am doing it is wrong, and I'd like to know
> what
> > it is.
>
> I'm guessing your problem was that only the year was being shown,
> regardless? It would seem the problem stems from the fact that while
> you give your formatter the AutoDateLocator, you never tell the axis
> to use this. I got what I considered the correct behavior by adding
> the following line at linen 84 in the script:
>
> self.subplot.xaxis.set_major_locator(adl)
>
> Does adding that get you what you want?
>
> Ryan
>
>
Yes, that was it! So simple, but I've been confused about how locators and
formatters work together--now it makes much more sense. Thank you very
much.
Che
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