[Matplotlib-users] Installing matplotlib from source on Snow Leopard

Hi, I'm having trouble with my built-from-source installation of matplotlib on Snow Leopard (I also tried installing from the .dmg file, but that install failed -- see below for details). I downloaded: matplotlib-1.0.0.tar.gz and then built and installed: tar xvzf matplotlib-1.0.0.tar.gz

[Matplotlib-users] building matplotlib from source in Linux

Hi, I'm installing matplotlib from source on a linux machine (system details below). The module builds and installs without error. I can import pylab successfully from an interactive python prompt. When I plot data, however, pylab.show() brings up an empty plot window (gray

[Matplotlib-users] 2nd y axis, same data

Hello, (for a 2-d plot) Any example code of how to label the 2nd y-axis using a different scale than the first y-axis for the same dataset? For example, how do you make a plot of distances with the left y-axis in kilometers and the right y-axis in miles? Thanks in advance for your help, James