Re: [Matplotlib-users] Failed pip install on OSX

2013-08-04 Thread Scott Lasley
On Aug 4, 2013, at 4:47 PM, Matthew Brett wrote: > Hi, > > Congratulations on the new release. > > I just tried installing in a fresh installation of Python 2.7 from Python.org > > Am I right in thinking the recommended method is: > >pip install matplotlib > > ? I did this, and then: >

[Matplotlib-users] Failed pip install on OSX

2013-08-04 Thread Matthew Brett
Hi, Congratulations on the new release. I just tried installing in a fresh installation of Python 2.7 from Python.org Am I right in thinking the recommended method is: pip install matplotlib ? I did this, and then: >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt Traceback (most recent call last):

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Change column number within legend

2013-08-04 Thread ChaoYue
could you use the bbox_to_anchor keyword to place your legend in a precise way so that they could be alignd? sorry ,this is the only way I could think of (But I am not a real expert in matplotlib) Chao On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Tyrax [via matplotlib] < ml-node+s1069221n41704...@n5.nabble.co

Re: [Matplotlib-users] RFE: dictionnary of figures

2013-08-04 Thread Pierre Haessig
Hi Frédéric, I don't understand what is the "dictionnary of figures" feature you are mentionning. Maybe you could write a short mockup script using it ? However, it's worth mentionning that you can use not only numbers in figures but also *strings*. >>> fig = plt.figure('crude oil price') I use

[Matplotlib-users] Change column number within legend

2013-08-04 Thread Jens Nullmeier
Hi all,   this is my first eMail to a mailing list, I hope I'm not messing it up. I posted my question already on stackoverflow, but apparently there's no simple solution to it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17909251/pyplot-change-ncols-within-a-legend   In other words, I have a Figure wi