Gökhan, This a great trick! Much simpler than digging around with line segments and such. My old solution to this problem was so clunky and slow I'm embarrassed to post it. Thanks so much for sharing this. -paul
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Gökhan Sever <gokhanse...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering this about 2 years ago > [http://old.nabble.com/Gradient-color-on-a-line-object-td25630375.html] > Just today, I have found a very simple way to do this in mpl. > x = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 3600) > y = np.sin(x) > plt.scatter(x,y,c=range(len(x)), marker='_', s=1) > Setting the marker to underscore character and choosing a relatively low > size value makes the line appear just like I wanted. (Provided, using > lengthy data points) > Is this a very known trick? If not so, what is your favorite color gradient > approach for a simple plot? > Cheers, > -- > Gökhan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
