Re: [Matplotlib-users] More info: Re: Twin axes share Formatters, but not ticks

2008-11-16 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Joshua J. Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> w/o seeing the code that generated the figure it is hard to know, but >> the "bold look" probably arises from rendering the same tick labels >> twice in the same location, eg if you have a twinx, as it appears you >> d

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Set Ellipse Linestyle

2008-11-16 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:32 PM, B Clowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying to set the linestyle of an ellipse with no success. I keep > getting an attribute error whether I try setting the property via accessing > the ellipse instance directly or through the artist. Any ideas? > > -

Re: [Matplotlib-users] More info: Re: Twin axes share Formatters, but not ticks

2008-11-16 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
On Sunday 16 November 2008, John Hunter said something like: > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Joshua J. Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am leaning toward this being a true bug. If you take a look at > > attached plot (the code for which is where I first noticed this > > bug), you'll not

Re: [Matplotlib-users] More info: Re: Twin axes share Formatters, but not ticks

2008-11-16 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Joshua J. Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am leaning toward this being a true bug. If you take a look at > attached plot (the code for which is where I first noticed this bug), > you'll notice that the dates on the top graph (the one with two axis) > look a l

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Twin axes share Formatters, but not ticks

2008-11-16 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
On Sunday 16 November 2008, John Hunter said something like: > When you share an axis, the formatters and locators are shared as > well. I'm not sure if this is idea, but this is the way it is. If > you want to turn off the tick labels for ax2, the trick is to make > them invisible, because the t

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Twin axes share Formatters, but not ticks

2008-11-16 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 8:31 PM, Joshua J. Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In opening: Thank you very much to Stan West and John Hunter for their > help so far. > > OK, I've hit either a genuine bug in Matplotlib, or a serious gap in my > understanding; probably the latter. If I missed somethi

[Matplotlib-users] Set Ellipse Linestyle

2008-11-16 Thread B Clowers
I've been trying to set the linestyle of an ellipse with no success.  I keep getting an attribute error whether I try setting the property via accessing the ellipse instance directly or through the artist.  Any ideas? --if you uncomment the line containing the linestyle you should see the error

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Where else to look when tick_label.set_fontsize isn't working

2008-11-16 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
On Saturday 08 November 2008, John Hunter said something like: > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Joshua J. Kugler > > Sorry, I wasn't so much reporting a problem with matplotlib as I > > was wondering if I was missing something. Turns out I was missing something: it was the x minor tick labels t

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Where else to look when tick_label.set_fontsize isn't working

2008-11-16 Thread Joshua J. Kugler
On Saturday 08 November 2008, John Hunter said something like: > On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 1:02 AM, Joshua J. Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 07 November 2008, John Hunter said something like: > > > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/faq/troubleshooting_faq.html#repo > >rt-a-problem

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Save a plot background

2008-11-16 Thread John Hunter
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Hrafnkell Pálsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > I haven't managed to save a plot background into buffer to be able to > restore it later. > I use matplotlib to draw weather maps (see www.belgingur.is), and though the > weather constantly changes the outlines o

[Matplotlib-users] Save a plot background

2008-11-16 Thread Hrafnkell Pálsson
Hi I haven't managed to save a plot background into buffer to be able to restore it later. I use matplotlib to draw weather maps (see www.belgingur.is), and though the weather constantly changes the outlines of the countries are the same for every picture. Currently I plot the coastlines anew for