Very nice, will try this asap! Many thanks!
2011/5/6 Tony Yu <tsy...@gmail.com>: > > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Chris Rodgers <chris.rodg...@berkeley.edu> > wrote: >> >> The real solution of course is to calculate exactly where every piece >> of text actually is, detect overlaps, and adjust. That is certainly >> beyond my ability or inclination to implement. In the mean time, it >> would be nice to have a simple "idiot-proof" flag that blindly fixes >> some common problems. > > I wrote a helper script awhile back to adjust spacing "automatically". > > Code can be found here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg18107.html > > You can simply copy the code into a module (e.g. layout.py) that lives in > your python path, and then call "layout.tight_layout()" *right before* your > call to "plt.show()" (or "plt.savefig()"). > > It's pretty inefficient though because it has to draw the figure 3 different > times (once to calculate the size of subplots and again to calculate the > size of the figure, and then the final draw). There are some other issues, > which prevent inclusion in matplotlib (see discussion in link below), but it > works well for my purposes. > > Best, > -Tony > > Original post, with some discussion, can be found here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg06896.html > > Note the code from the original post didn't work on some backends, so it's > probably best to use the code from the first link. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
