[Matplotlib-users] ft2font linking fails

2011-07-29 Thread Vidhu Bhala R V
Hello, I am trying to build the matplotlib sources, (because i cannot find a version that works on my 64-bit Windows OS) I'm getting a linker error. Can somehelp help me see what i am missing? PS: Is there a ready build available for 64-bit Windows OS? Many thanks. VB D:\System Downlo

[Matplotlib-users] parametric line color

2011-07-29 Thread Alan G Isaac
I have many lines to plot. Each line has an associated parameter value. I'd like to pick the color for each line based on its parameter value by mapping possible parameter values to the colors in a color map (e.g., gist_rainbow), retrieving colors one at a time (based on the parameter value for a l

Re: [Matplotlib-users] savefig problem

2011-07-29 Thread Benjamin Root
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Roy Lowrance wrote: > I'm using matplotlib on ubuntu 11.04. > > I create a figure and an axes and then show it via plt.show(). > > From the window that plt.show() opens, I save the file to plot-3.png. This > works as I can open the file with evince. > > However, wh

[Matplotlib-users] savefig problem

2011-07-29 Thread Roy Lowrance
I'm using matplotlib on ubuntu 11.04. I create a figure and an axes and then show it via plt.show(). >From the window that plt.show() opens, I save the file to plot-3.png. This works as I can open the file with evince. However, when my program executes plt.savefig('plot-3.png'), something is sav

Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to set custom tick labels for bar3d plot

2011-07-29 Thread Benjamin Root
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 3:12 PM, shooter123 wrote: > > Hi, > > In the following example - > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/mplot3d/hist3d_demo.html > how can I set custom tick labels for x and y axes? > My plot dissappears when using ax.set_xticks > Using ax.set_xticks() won't work (

[Matplotlib-users] How to set custom tick labels for bar3d plot

2011-07-29 Thread shooter123
Hi, In the following example - http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/mplot3d/hist3d_demo.html how can I set custom tick labels for x and y axes? My plot dissappears when using ax.set_xticks -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-set-custom-tick-labels-for-bar3d-plot-

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Using comma as decimal separator

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Droettboom
You need to be able to build matplotlib from source (which implies having a compiler etc., which may or may not be easy on your platform). The basic instructions for building from source are here: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/installing.html and the branch containing the locale fix

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Using comma as decimal separator

2011-07-29 Thread José Alexandre Nalon
Hello, Thanks for your work! But, since I don't have much experience with dealing with the sources and compiling, I don't know exactly how to apply this patch. Is there a guide to applying patches to matplotlib or something like that? Any help will be appreciated. --- José Alexandre Nalon na...@t

[Matplotlib-users] Best way to run via parallel processing

2011-07-29 Thread Jeremy Lounds, Dynamite Inc
Hello, I found the following page on running Python using "parallel processing", but I have no idea which one would be most compatible with matplotlib and basemap. http://wiki.python.org/moin/ParallelProcessing Any help would be greatly appreciated. I looked through the archives and it looks lik

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Small tutorial omission

2011-07-29 Thread Benjamin Root
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Joseph Costlow wrote: > This is a small omission, and I think most people would figure it out, but > I thought it might be worth mentioning: > > Page: > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/pyplot_tutorial.html#working-with-multiple-figures-and-axes > > The code

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Using comma as decimal separator

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Droettboom
There isn't a really good way to do this at present. Maybe someone can suggest a workaround that doesn't require modifying matplotlib. However, I was able to produce a patch that will respect the user's current locale here: https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/410 Cheers, Mike On 07