Re: [Matplotlib-users] gimmicks/eye candy: Is for example fading possible?

2011-06-22 Thread Benjamin Root
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:15 AM, John Hunter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Michael Droettboom > wrote: > > matplotlib doesn't currently support gradients. Patches welcome! :) > It's > > probably a lot of work to get it working across all backends, but > following > > the pattern of

Re: [Matplotlib-users] gimmicks/eye candy: Is for example fading possible?

2011-06-22 Thread John Hunter
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Michael Droettboom wrote: > matplotlib doesn't currently support gradients.  Patches welcome!  :)  It's > probably a lot of work to get it working across all backends, but following > the pattern of how hatches are handled now would probably be a good guide. There

Re: [Matplotlib-users] gimmicks/eye candy: Is for example fading possible?

2011-06-22 Thread Michael Droettboom
matplotlib doesn't currently support gradients. Patches welcome! :) It's probably a lot of work to get it working across all backends, but following the pattern of how hatches are handled now would probably be a good guide. Mike On 06/21/2011 07:18 PM, Paul Menzel wrote: Dear Matplotlib f

[Matplotlib-users] gimmicks/eye candy: Is for example fading possible?

2011-06-21 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Matplotlib folks, is it possible in Matplotlib to add eye candy or gimmicks to the plots like fading? For example if I want to just show a subpart(?) of a plot this would like “cool”. (I am pretty sure that opinions differ if such things are useful or not, but please leave this out of the di