On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:57 PM, Aronne Merrelli <aronne.merre...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Damon McDougall > <damon.mcdoug...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Neal Becker <ndbeck...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> OK, I've attached my sanitized example >>> >> >> ImportError: No module named pandas. >> >> Can you provide an example that doesn't depend on pandas? >> > > I was playing with this example to remove the pandas stuff, and It > looks a lot like the check for the best legend location is just not > accounting correctly for the multiple legend entries in this case. > Here is an even more minimal example, that I think reproduces the same > problem as Neal's original example. > > colors = ['b','g','r'] > for n in range(3): > plt.scatter([n,],[n,],color=colors[n]) > plt.legend(['foo','foo','foo'],loc='best') > > > Note that if you just put one legend name in there, the location is > perfectly fine, it is just as it extends downward for the second and > third names, that it covers over the point. > > FYI: Im using v1.1.0 mpl, in EPD 7.2. > > HTH, > Aronne >
Aronne, thanks for taking the time to produce a nice example. I can now recreate the problem. I'm not sure how invasive it will be to fix this, so it possibly won't make it in for version 1.2, but possibly a bugfix release after the fact. For anyone who's interested, here's the github issue: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/issues/1235 -- Damon McDougall http://www.damon.is-a-geek.com B2.39 Mathematics Institute University of Warwick Coventry West Midlands CV4 7AL United Kingdom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
