Re: [Matplotlib-users] [matplotlib-devel] crazy ideas for MPL

2009-07-02 Thread John Hunter
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Pierre GMpgmdevl...@gmail.com wrote:
 Eh, can I play ?
 * Something I'd really like to see is a way to access a given patch/
 line/collection/... by a string (a name) instead of having to find the
 corresponding element in a list. That would mean converting lists into
 dictionaries, or at least provide a way to map the list to a dictionary.
 An example of application would be del lines['first'] to delete the
 line named 'first'. By default, if no name is explicitly given to an
 object, we could use the order in which it is drawn...


Take a look at findobj with an arbitrary match function (eg set the
label property on the obj you want to find and then call find obj with
a function that checks the label)

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/findobj_demo.html

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Re: [Matplotlib-users] [matplotlib-devel] crazy ideas for MPL

2009-07-02 Thread Gary Ruben
Is this an ideas thread?
How about a copy image to clipboard button for the toolbar.

Gary R.

Pierre GM wrote:
 Eh, can I play ?
 * Something I'd really like to see is a way to access a given patch/ 
 line/collection/... by a string (a name) instead of having to find the  
 corresponding element in a list. That would mean converting lists into  
 dictionaries, or at least provide a way to map the list to a dictionary.
 An example of application would be del lines['first'] to delete the  
 line named 'first'. By default, if no name is explicitly given to an  
 object, we could use the order in which it is drawn...


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