Re: [Matplotlib-users] Replying with Thunderbird. Reply All doesn't cut it all the time.

2009-12-07 Thread Scott Sinclair
>2009/12/8 Robert Kern : > Scott Sinclair wrote: >>> 2009/12/7 Wayne Watson : >>> I see a variance with replying to a post on this list and other Python >> >> The moral? Always use "Reply To", and hope everyone else remembers to >> do so as well :) > > Did you mean "Reply All"? Yes. Thanks for spo

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Replying with Thunderbird. Reply All doesn't cut it all the time.

2009-12-07 Thread Robert Kern
Scott Sinclair wrote: >> 2009/12/7 Wayne Watson : >> I see a variance with replying to a post on this list and other Python >> lists. It appears to be a difference between the way people post. If I >> see From: a...@xyz.net and To: >> matplotlib-users-5nwgofrqmnerv+lv9mx5uipxlwaov...@public.gmane.

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Replying with Thunderbird. Reply All doesn't cut it all the time.

2009-12-07 Thread Scott Sinclair
> 2009/12/7 Wayne Watson : > I see a variance with replying to a post on this list and other Python > lists. It appears to be a difference between the way people post. If I > see From: a...@xyz.net and To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net, > then Reply All gets both. If I see, From: joe...@xy

Re: [Matplotlib-users] scientific notation \times symbol

2009-12-07 Thread Eric Firing
Hao Wen wrote: > Hi there: > > I tried to plot large numbers and scientific notation has to be used. > But instead of "\times" symbol, it used "e", which cannot be accepted as > publishable. Anyone know how to deal with that? Add a kwarg to your formatter initialization. See below. Eric > > M

[Matplotlib-users] scientific notation \times symbol

2009-12-07 Thread Hao Wen
Hi there: I tried to plot large numbers and scientific notation has to be used. But instead of "\times" symbol, it used "e", which cannot be accepted as publishable. Anyone know how to deal with that? My original code is: import matplotlib.pypl

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread Wayne Watson
I thought the console was the only way to use IPython. I go to Start->Allprograms->IPython, and select IPython. Oh, I see *Console" is something of a replacement for the Win Cmd Console. Is there some site that shows off it's features? Gary Ruben wrote: > In Windows I recommend running iPython

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread Wayne Watson
OK, here I go. Quick Edit is checked, and I'm running from what looks like the Win XP command console. I am not in full screen mode. I've applied changes to the window. It has scroll bars side and bottom. I've moused the area, and now am going to Edit on the window menu. It works! I just paste

Re: [Matplotlib-users] figimage over plot?

2009-12-07 Thread Jason Heeris
2009/12/1 John Hunter : > Some of this code is particularly tricky and difficult to get right > across use cases (eg composite figimages) and this is exacerbated by > the fact that this part of the codebase is lightly used.  So testing > will be helpful.  I'm also posting an svn diff for other devs

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread Gary Ruben
In Windows I recommend running iPython inside Console particularly for its vastly improved copy and pasting. Gary R. phob...@geosyntec.com wrote: > Third Google result for "copy paste in DOS prompt" > http://www.copy--paste.org/copy-paste-between-dos-wi

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread PHobson
Third Google result for "copy paste in DOS prompt" http://www.copy--paste.org/copy-paste-between-dos-windows.htm Note that right-clicking is going to execute behavior, not bring up a contextual menu. -p > -Original Message- > From: Wayne Watson [mailto:sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net] > Se

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread Wayne Watson
Right-click does nothing on the IPython window. The Windows command console is, I think, a lost cause all together. I've tried a right-click on it with the same result as in IPython. I'm using Win XP, and I hope they improve on Win 7, which I plan to install on all my machines this month. Gary

[Matplotlib-users] positions of the ticks and ticklabels

2009-12-07 Thread Abhimanyu Lad
Hi, How do I get the coordinates of the ticks and their labels in a coordinate system that I can feed to figtext or text? I want to display some additional text near one of the ticklabels on the x axis. Although I could get the coordinates for figtext using trial and error, but is there a correct

[Matplotlib-users] PolyCollection not supported by legend

2009-12-07 Thread Chuck Pepe-Ranney
I apologize for my previous posts. I see that the PolyCollection object is not supported by the legend command. I will use a proxy artist as described here . - Chuck

[Matplotlib-users] legend for area chart made with fill_between method

2009-12-07 Thread Chuck Pepe-Ranney
How might create a legend for an area chart made with PolyCollection objects via the fill_between method? For example, on the following chart, import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) ind = np.arange(3) y1 = np.array([1,2,3]) y2 = y1 * 2 a =

Re: [Matplotlib-users] cone plots

2009-12-07 Thread Jae-Joon Lee
I updated the axes_grid toolkit in the svn, and I hope it is more useful. Check the example examples/axes_grid/demo_floating_axes.py The output is attached. -JJ On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Jae-Joon Lee wrote: > Are you running svn version of mpl? > Also, as I said, the example is based o

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread Wayne Watson
Hi, I'm using IPython raw. I guess I'm not sure what a shell is in this case. I used to work with Linux years ago and the shell concept was clear there. I'm now simply a Win XP user. What advantages would be available to use a shell? In part of the thread above,(posted 57 minutes after the hour, I

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Baseline pngmath

2009-12-07 Thread Michael Droettboom
Do you have the LaTeX preview package installed and "pngmath_use_preview" set to True in your conf.py? See here: http://sphinx.pocoo.org/ext/math.html#confval-pngmath_use_preview Mike David Arnold wrote: > All, > > I tried using sphinx.ext.pngmath. See: > http://msemac.redwoods.edu/~darnold/

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread Gary Pajer
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Wayne Watson wrote: > Good. Thanks. Interesting that ls and pwd are used for Win, but that's > fine. How do I copy parts of the window? All I can do at the moment is > sweep out a rectangular area with the mouse. It looks like I > underestimated the need for auto

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread Wayne Watson
Well, that's interesting, but how did you copy and paste? Quick Python offers this, but no explanation how to copy and paste. The %hist command can show you all previous input, without line numbers if desired (option -n) so you can directly copy and paste code either back in IPython or in a text

[Matplotlib-users] formlayout only for Qt back end?

2009-12-07 Thread Yeates, Mathew C (388D)
Hi I discovered "forrmlayout" by Pierre Raybaut (http://code.google.com/p/formlayout/) and I would like to use it for plot configuration. Is it only for the PyQt backend? I'm using GtkAgg. Mathew -- Join us December 9, 2

[Matplotlib-users] Baseline pngmath

2009-12-07 Thread David Arnold
All, I tried using sphinx.ext.pngmath. See: http://msemac.redwoods.edu/~darnold/html/cylinders.html Note in Exercise 1 how z = 6 - 2x^2 is placed so its baseline does not align (it's lower) with the baseline of the text. How can I align the baselines? David. --

[Matplotlib-users] axis equal

2009-12-07 Thread David Arnold
All, Is there an "axis equal" command for mplot3d? D. -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk.

[Matplotlib-users] Replying with Thunderbird. Reply All doesn't cut it all the time.

2009-12-07 Thread Wayne Watson
I see a variance with replying to a post on this list and other Python lists. It appears to be a difference between the way people post. If I see From: a...@xyz.net and To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net, then Reply All gets both. If I see, From: joe...@xyz.net and To: my e-mail address

Re: [Matplotlib-users] I Need a Couple of Tips for Windows to Get Started on IPython

2009-12-07 Thread Wayne Watson
Good. Thanks. Interesting that ls and pwd are used for Win, but that's fine. How do I copy parts of the window? All I can do at the moment is sweep out a rectangular area with the mouse. It looks like I underestimated the need for automagic. David Arnold wrote: > Depends on whether "automagic

[Matplotlib-users] greppable cheat sheet for matplotlib ?

2009-12-07 Thread denis
(Old) folks, is there a greppable list of matplotlib functions and attributes along the lines of PyQt4.api PyQt4.QtGui.QAbstractScrollArea.viewport() -> QWidget PyQt4.QtGui.QAbstractScrollArea.maximumViewportSize() -> QSize ... Grep is really fast, really simple, and can | less to

[Matplotlib-users] Comet

2009-12-07 Thread David Arnold
All, Is there anything resembling Matlab's comet command? D. -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your

[Matplotlib-users] Rotation 3D

2009-12-07 Thread David Arnold
All, Is there any way to rotate a 3D plot_wireframe? D. -- Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk

Re: [Matplotlib-users] animated axis

2009-12-07 Thread avee
andreyd wrote: > > > This worked for me: > to remove axis temporary and than to take background of the whole picture > but without ticks and labels of this axis: > > This suggestion did not resolve the problem. But here is the solution. I have no idea why the first version is not working. I

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Customize/disable keyboard shortcuts

2009-12-07 Thread Matthias Michler
Hi Jorge, Hello list, unfortunately I cannot help you, but I understand your problem and would like to know about a solution, too. I encountered this problem in April/may 2007 (http://old.nabble.com/skip-mpl-axes-interaction-during-key_press_event's-td10221576.html) because of the 'l'ogarthmic

[Matplotlib-users] textbox / prompt in mpl / inputbutton

2009-12-07 Thread Matthias Michler
Hello list, are there any new developments about a field to input text or numbers, which was discussed in thread "Prompt in MPL - NEVER MIND" in June 2007? Especially I am interested if there exists a version of John Hunters textbox2.py working with current svn, because I am not able to resolve

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib build/install error

2009-12-07 Thread Dali Laadhar
Thanks a lot. Effectively, that was the missing headers -- yum install libpng-devel.x86_64 yum install freetype-devel.x86_64 -- Thanks, Dali - Original Message - From: "Darren Dale" To: "Dali Laadhar" Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, December 7, 2009 2

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Sphinx and ams-latex

2009-12-07 Thread Michael Droettboom
The mathmpl uses matplotlib's built-in mathtext rendering engine to render the math, which does not currently support any of the "grid" environments from ams-latex, such as "align". If you need those, look at sphinx.ext.pngmath. Mike David Arnold wrote: > All, > > If I am using this in my con

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib build/install error

2009-12-07 Thread Darren Dale
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 7:26 AM, Dali Laadhar wrote: > Hey ALL > > I've been trying to install matplotlib-0.99.1.1. > Getting build errors : > > 1/ > [u...@mymachine ~]$ uname -a > Linux target-datalog 2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen #1 SMP Fri Feb 15 12:34:28 EST 2008 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > 2/ Us

[Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib build/install error

2009-12-07 Thread Dali Laadhar
Hey ALL I've been trying to install matplotlib-0.99.1.1. Getting build errors : 1/ [u...@mymachine ~]$ uname -a Linux target-datalog 2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen #1 SMP Fri Feb 15 12:34:28 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 2/ Used this link to download matplotlib: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ma

Re: [Matplotlib-users] 3D

2009-12-07 Thread Pierre de Buyl
Hello, The Axes3D constructor accepts the keywords "azim" and "elev" to set the viewpoint of the figure. As for the title, I could not find information in the examples or the api, so I suggest to add text with the text method. This solution lacks an automatic placement for the title, howeve