On 08/18/2011 10:57 PM, James McMurray wrote: > I made this standalone script here: http://pastebin.com/AnKeCwiU and > this does not suffer from the issue. For comparison here is the plotting > function in my program: http://pastebin.com/7xxtPQYb
The problem is that the Gtk backend does not support text rotation. If you use FigureCanvasGTKAgg instead of FigureCanvasGTK, I think the behavior will be back to normal. The Gtk backend is not fully functional or supported. Eric > > The only major difference is the use of the interactive display in the > script, against the use of Figure and the GTK canvas in my application. > > I am using matplotlib 1.0.1 > > On 19 August 2011 10:28, Eric Firing <efir...@hawaii.edu > <mailto:efir...@hawaii.edu>> wrote: > > On 08/18/2011 09:53 PM, James McMurray wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am having a problem where the colorbar labels will never appear > > vertically, even when their rotation is specified as "vertical". > As you > > can see in the screenshot here: http://minus.com/lbOJyOljH this > creates > > problems when the labels are cut off and generally looks > unprofessional. > > > > I am creating the colorbars with code like: > > cbar1.set_label("Lifetime [$\mu$s]", rotation='vertical') > > I don't understand; even with no kwarg, the label on a vertical colorbar > will be vertical. It has been that way for as long as I can remember. > > What mpl version are you using? > Please provide a minimal standalone script showing the problem. > > Eric > > > > > > > And yet the specified rotation has no effect. > > > > Any help would be much appreciated, > > James > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, > > user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take > > the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > > tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Matplotlib-users mailing list > > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, > user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take > the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, > user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take > the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the > tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a FREE DOWNLOAD! and learn more about uberSVN rich system, user administration capabilities and model configuration. Take the hassle out of deploying and managing Subversion and the tools developers use with it. http://p.sf.net/sfu/wandisco-d2d-2 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
