Re: [Matplotlib-users] Why is pip not mentioned in the Installation Documentation?

2012-11-19 Thread Neal Becker
Mathew Topper wrote: Hi, I'm interested to know why the pip package manager is not more widely supported for installation of python packages like matplotlib? Matplotlib seems to be particularly slowly updated in the Fedora repositories, for example, so I often find that a source

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Lots of failing tests raising KnownFailureTest

2012-11-19 Thread Benjamin Root
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Adam Mercer ramer...@gmail.com wrote: Hi When running the testsuite for matplotlib-1.2.0 i.e. $ nosetests -exe matplotlib I'm getting a lot of errors of the form: Does the same thing happen with the following command: python -c import matplotlib;

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Lots of failing tests raising KnownFailureTest

2012-11-19 Thread Nelle Varoquaux
Hello, Hi When running the testsuite for matplotlib-1.2.0 i.e. $ nosetests -exe matplotlib This is not the correct way to run the tests. You need to run them using: python tests.py I currently have a PR that indicates that in the README I'm getting a lot of errors of the form: Does

Re: [Matplotlib-users] how to put colorbar label beside the handle?

2012-11-19 Thread Sterling Smith
Chao, I'm glad you were able to get what you wanted. I don't know how to add anything to the gallery. -Sterling On Nov 17, 2012, at 3:32AM, Chao YUE wrote: Hi Sterling, Thanks for the help. Now we have a complete script that works as what we want: labels parallel with the

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Lots of failing tests raising KnownFailureTest

2012-11-19 Thread Adam Mercer
On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Nelle Varoquaux nelle.varoqu...@gmail.com wrote: This is not the correct way to run the tests. Then that explains it, thanks. Does the same thing happen with the following command: python -c import matplotlib; matplotlib.test() No, all tests pass (or fail

[Matplotlib-users] N parameter of LinearSegmentedColormap

2012-11-19 Thread TP
Hi everybody, I have a problem with LinearSegmentedColormap. In the example below (see PS), I make a colormap, and use it to plot an EllipseCollection. My plot is parameterized by a quantity that I have named large_value. For large_value equal to 257, a blue point is obtained at (x=0.3,

Re: [Matplotlib-users] N parameter of LinearSegmentedColormap

2012-11-19 Thread Eric Firing
On 2012/11/19 11:42 AM, TP wrote: Hi everybody, I have a problem with LinearSegmentedColormap. In the example below (see PS), I make a colormap, and use it to plot an EllipseCollection. My plot is parameterized by a quantity that I have named large_value. For large_value equal to 257, a blue

[Matplotlib-users] aspect ratio bug ?

2012-11-19 Thread savoie
Hi there, I've boiled down a problem and while the following my look useless, I need to understand why matplotlib is behaving like it is. Below is code showing my issue. I don't believe the issue is with the bbox_inches='tight', if you leave that off, my image is indeed, 800x1400, but the

[Matplotlib-users] matplot3d: add_collection3d: Turn off baseline?

2012-11-19 Thread Stephen Gibson
I want to plot a series of (x,y) datasets similar to the polygon plot tutorial example (add_collection3d), but with a transparent facecolor and no baseline. Setting alpha=0.0 in the tutorial example (below) achieves the transparency, but the baseline remains. Is there a way to remove the