Peter Melchior wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I understand that hold() creates a axes if there is none.
> What I want to do is plotting a couple of plots in each of the subplots.
>
> The data I want to display is stored in a set of files, thus I have a
> loop of plot calls in each subplot:
>
> hold(True)
>
The pylab hold command sets the hold variable for the current axes. If
there is none, it makes one, hence the full-size axes on which your
subplots are superimposed. The hold variable determines whether
subsequent calls to something like "plot" erase the axes first, or
superimpose their drawi
