[matplotlib-devel] pyplot-OO convergence

2014-09-27 Thread Eric Firing
One of the biggest causes of controversy in mpl, and of difficulty in teaching and learning mpl, is the divide between pyplot and the rest of the library. There are at least two aspects: 1) plt.title() versus ax.set_title(), etc; that is, all the clunky getters and setters on the OO side. JDH

[matplotlib-devel] trouble installing matplotlib on redhat

2014-09-27 Thread Andy Davidson
Hi I am new to python and matplotlib. I have a little script that works fine on my mac. How ever it does not run on my amazon ec2 cluster. I am basically running a version of redhead. I have been able to install most of the dependencies how ever I can not figure out to install libagg, free type, o

[matplotlib-devel] Ten Simple Rules for Better Figures (update)

2014-09-27 Thread Nicolas P . Rougier
Now in Nature as well: http://www.nature.com/news/how-to-dodge-the-pitfalls-of-bad-illustrations-1.15999 Nicolas > > Hi all, > > I'm very pleased to announce the publication of a paper I've written with > Michael Droettboom and Philip E. Bourne. > > Ten Simple Rules for Better Figures > Nico