Re: [Matplotlib-users] using savefig to save plot in desired size

2009-01-25 Thread Abhinav Verma
Yes Eric this is what I wanted and Many thanks for your help. My question now extends a little. Due to this .. my yaxis label is truncated in the png. How can I make sure that my figure is square and also contains everything. Is it possilbe? Thanks again, On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Eric F

Re: [Matplotlib-users] using savefig to save plot in desired size

2009-01-25 Thread Abhinav Verma
stupid me.. I found the solution which is to use figure parametrs.. rcParams['figure.figsize'] = (6,6) or something like that.. well now I extend my question , i.e., how to make sure that my axis labels are not truncated due to this? On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Abhinav Verma wrote: > Hel

Re: [Matplotlib-users] using savefig to save plot in desired size

2009-01-25 Thread Eric Firing
Abhinav Verma wrote: > Hello, > > It may be a very basic question, but I could not find the solution in > archives or the documentation. I need to make a line plot (in square > aspect ratio) and then save the figure which is also square in size, > i.e. like 600x600 pixels and not 800x600. How

[Matplotlib-users] using savefig to save plot in desired size

2009-01-25 Thread Abhinav Verma
Hello, It may be a very basic question, but I could not find the solution in archives or the documentation. I need to make a line plot (in square aspect ratio) and then save the figure which is also square in size, i.e. like 600x600 pixels and not 800x600. How can I acheive this? to get the squ

Re: [Matplotlib-users] unfilled markers?

2009-01-25 Thread Jae-Joon Lee
> > Norbert, > > It did, thank you! One question, though: when I originally tried > something like this, it didn't work, because it was treating pl as a list > and giving me the error of > "list object has no attribute 'set_mec()'" Why does the addition of the > comma to pl allow it to see it a

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Background color of the entire image..

2009-01-25 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:26 PM, AlsCdz wrote: > > Hello, > is there any way to color the entire image. Not just in a way: > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/color_demo.html > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/color_demo.html > > All the white part

Re: [Matplotlib-users] unfilled markers?

2009-01-25 Thread C M
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Norbert Nemec wrote: > Sorry for my misleading words - I did not correctly recall my own work from > back then... > > In fact, the code as it is does not change the mec automatically when the > mfc of a filled_marker is set to "None" but leaves it black. I did cons

[Matplotlib-users] Background color of the entire image..

2009-01-25 Thread AlsCdz
Hello, is there any way to color the entire image. Not just in a way: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/color_demo.html http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/color_demo.html All the white part around the chart. Is it possible to change that color as we

Re: [Matplotlib-users] import pylab problem

2009-01-25 Thread John Hunter
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Linda Chen wrote: > Dear matplotlib-users, > > I'm having trouble importing pylab and I hope someone can help me. The error > message is: > > > > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > C:\Documents and Settings\Linda>c

[Matplotlib-users] import pylab problem

2009-01-25 Thread Linda Chen
Dear matplotlib-users, I'm having trouble importing pylab and I hope someone can help me. The error message is: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Linda>cd desktop\python C:\Documents and Settings\Linda\Desktop\python>pyth

Re: [Matplotlib-users] unfilled markers?

2009-01-25 Thread Norbert Nemec
Sorry for my misleading words - I did not correctly recall my own work from back then... In fact, the code as it is does not change the mec automatically when the mfc of a filled_marker is set to "None" but leaves it black. I did consider adding an automation to change but decided against it. T

Re: [Matplotlib-users] universal_newline in matplotlib 0.91.2?

2009-01-25 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:59 PM, C Lewis wrote: > Tiny case appended. > > On my system (OS X), csv2rec() of the first file is fine, csv2rec() of the > second fails with the mentioned error; they only differ in newline > characters. Inconveniently, the one that fails seems to be Excel's default > e

Re: [Matplotlib-users] universal_newline in matplotlib 0.91.2?

2009-01-25 Thread C Lewis
Tiny case appended. On my system (OS X), csv2rec() of the first file is fine, csv2rec() of the second fails with the mentioned error; they only differ in newline characters. Inconveniently, the one that fails seems to be Excel's default export. from matplotlib.mlab import csv2rec from ma

Re: [Matplotlib-users] unfilled markers?

2009-01-25 Thread C M
>>> mfc="None" does the job. mec should then default to the line color. >> Hmm, I just tried that and it doesn't default to the line color, it >> instead makes a black edge color for the marker. I am still using >> version 0.90.1; is this a newer feature in the latest release? (yes, I >> will upg

Re: [Matplotlib-users] universal_newline in matplotlib 0.91.2?

2009-01-25 Thread John Hunter
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 3:23 PM, C Lewis wrote: > In matplotlib.mlab.csv2rec in 0.91.2 (*) > >headers = reader.next() > > fails with "Error: new-line character seen in unquoted field - do you > need to open the file in universal-newline mode?" Which sounds like a > good idea, but I can't f

[Matplotlib-users] universal_newline in matplotlib 0.91.2?

2009-01-25 Thread C Lewis
In matplotlib.mlab.csv2rec in 0.91.2 (*) headers = reader.next() fails with "Error: new-line character seen in unquoted field - do you need to open the file in universal-newline mode?" Which sounds like a good idea, but I can't figure out how to specify that in/with/before calling c

Re: [Matplotlib-users] unfilled markers?

2009-01-25 Thread Norbert Nemec
mfc="None" does the job. mec should then default to the line color. C M wrote: > Sorry this is a basic question but I can't figure out where > in the docs nor archives I could find this. > > Is there a built in method for having unfilled markers? > (ones that match the line color). > > I could se

[Matplotlib-users] unfilled markers?

2009-01-25 Thread C M
Sorry this is a basic question but I can't figure out where in the docs nor archives I could find this. Is there a built in method for having unfilled markers? (ones that match the line color). I could set mfc (marker face color) to white and mec (marker edge color) to the color of my line, but w