Re: [Matplotlib-users] default mathtext font

2008-07-21 Thread Eli Brosh
Here is the use case I have in mind: Plotting properties of various phases of iron, I need a legend with greek letters and normal text: \alpha-Fe, Someone (2003) Now, I need the names e.g. someone to be upright. Also, the relbar between \alpha and Fe is shorter with normal text fonts than with ita

Re: [Matplotlib-users] default mathtext font

2008-07-21 Thread Michael Droettboom
Unfortunately there isn't. This is *theoretically* possible with the STIX fonts, but that hasn't been implemented. However, with the Computer Modern fonts, many of the glyphs simply aren't present (upright Greek, for example) to make this happen. That said, I'm not sure this is necessarily a

[Matplotlib-users] Basemap to KML polygon

2008-07-21 Thread Lionel Roubeyrie
Hi all, just to know if there's a proper way to convert a basemap generated with contourf to a KML (or polygon shapefile) ? Thanks -- Lionel Roubeyrie - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chargé d'études et de maintenance LIMAIR - la Surveillance de l'Air en Limousin http://www.limair.asso.fr ---

[Matplotlib-users] default mathtext font

2008-07-21 Thread Eli Brosh
Hello I there a way to change the default mathtext font from cal to rm ? I would like to use the rm (serif) font without stating rm{...} or mathrm{...}. Is it possible to do using the matplotlibrc ? can you give me an example of how this is done ? Thanks Eli ---

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plot a moving point from an input file

2008-07-21 Thread John Hunter
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 2:57 AM, Matthias Michler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Hussein, > > maybe the following example helps you. It uses the module 'time' to wait for > some seconds. A note of caution: this example will probably only work with tkagg. For other GUIs, like gtk, wx, or qt, yo

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Ticklabels

2008-07-21 Thread John Hunter
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:54 AM, Wolfgang Kerzendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I find it incredibly hard to work with tick labels in matplotlib (on > matplotlib 0.98 @ OS X 10.5.4) (It might well be that I haven't > stumbled across the right solution yet and it is really easy ;-)

[Matplotlib-users] Ticklabels

2008-07-21 Thread Wolfgang Kerzendorf
Dear all, I find it incredibly hard to work with tick labels in matplotlib (on matplotlib 0.98 @ OS X 10.5.4) (It might well be that I haven't stumbled across the right solution yet and it is really easy ;-) ). I want to first of all change the axis so it displays the normal number as tic

Re: [Matplotlib-users] plot a moving point from an input file

2008-07-21 Thread Matthias Michler
Hello Hussein, maybe the following example helps you. It uses the module 'time' to wait for some seconds. regards Matthias --- "test.dat": -- #time x_coordinatey_coordinate 0.1 1 1 0.2