> Hi Andreas, > > 2012/7/26 Andreas Hilboll <li...@hilboll.de>: >> Hi, >> >> I would like to create a figure which only contains a legend, and no >> axes >> at all. I would like to manually assign the colors. I found this here: >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/a/3302666 >> >> but from there on, I'd like to remove the axes, and put the legend into >> three columns. > > If the plot attached it's fine for you it's easy: > > import matplotlib.pyplot as plt > ax = plt.subplot() #create the axes > ax.set_axis_off() #turn off the axis > .... #do patches and labels > ax.legend(patches, labels, ...) #legend alone in the figure > plt.show() > > Cheers, > Francesco
That's really easy :) I could live with this solution, applying some external tool like pdfcrop to the result. Of course, it would be nicer if the PDF's page size would be exactly that of the legend (plus some margin), so that I wouldn't have to resort to external tools ... Any ideas? Cheers, A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
