Re: [Matplotlib-users] Column graph with variable width

2010-02-26 Thread Wai Yip Tung
I managed to generated the chart I want by twisting the hist() function. I chart and source code can be found here: http://tungwaiyip.info/blog/2010/02/26/visualization_using_variable_width_bar_chart If you have any comment on my method it will be greatly appriciated. Wai Yip > I want to pla

[Matplotlib-users] Column graph with variable width

2010-02-25 Thread Wai Yip Tung
I want to plat a column graph with variable width. The size of both axis have meaning. The Y-axis is the density. The X-axis is the size. Let's say it is a graph of world population by country. Say China has 1 billion people occupying an area of 1 km2. And Japan has 0.1 billion people o

Re: [Matplotlib-users] Matplotlib documentation

2009-03-02 Thread Wai Yip Tung
I second this suggestion. Right now it is quite hard to navigate to an individual function within the chapter of matplotlib.pyplot API in the PDF. Wai Yip > Hello, > > My first message in the list. I would like to mention a few things about > the > matplotlib PDF document. > > Firstly, the d

[Matplotlib-users] Running matplotlib from an interactive python shell with wxPython

2009-03-02 Thread Wai Yip Tung
I was trying to setup matplotlib to use interactively with wxPython as the backend. I run into the issue that when I call draw(), it blocks the interpreter. Since then I've found out it is a issue with some GUI backend that the mainloop blocks. The suggested solution is to use ipython, which

[Matplotlib-users] Python 2.6 installer for Windows?

2009-02-22 Thread Wai Yip Tung
Hello all, I find that Matplotlib only have Python 2.5 build for Windows. Is there any plan to release a 2.6 build soon? I am trying to build it from source but I run into numerous problem. I am still struggling to find all dependent packages. It will help a lot if the 2.6 installer is avail