On 2014/02/17 4:58 AM, Pierre Haessig wrote: > Hi, > > In order to get a plot with a small number of ticks, it is possible to > create a matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator object with a small value for > `nbins`. > > However, I found it also possible to modify the existing AutoLocator > instances, since AutoLocator derives from MaxNLocator : > > ax.xaxis.major.locator.set_params(nbins=5) > ax.yaxis.major.locator.set_params(nbins=5) > > (the default nbins value seems to be 9) > > The advantage of this inplace solution is that it doesn't any > importing/browsing in the mpl namespace. However, it's still a bit long. > > I was then wondering : > 1) is this solution recommended or not ? > 2) is there a shortcup to avoird the five "dots" ?
http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_api.html?highlight=locator_params#matplotlib.pyplot.locator_params This is both a pyplot function and an Axes method. Eric > > best, > Pierre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Managing the Performance of Cloud-Based Applications Take advantage of what the Cloud has to offer - Avoid Common Pitfalls. Read the Whitepaper. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=121054471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
