Re: [Gnuplot-py-users] tics labels

[Lorenzo M. <lor...@ya...>]

Hallo Michael,
even if it is not frequently maintained, I find gnuploy.py still very useful, and, I think, it's clear and well written. So, thank you for this project!

About set_tics method, I think your way is far more general than mine, and agree with your approach.

lorenzo

--- Sab 19/11/11, Michael Haggerty <mh...@al...> ha scritto:

> Da: Michael Haggerty <mh...@al...>
> Oggetto: Re: [Gnuplot-py-users] tics labels
> A: "Lorenzo Mentaschi" <lor...@ya...>
> Cc: gnu...@li...
> Data: Sabato 19 novembre 2011, 14:36
> On 10/09/2011 12:03 PM, Lorenzo
> Mentaschi wrote:
> > in order to make gnuplot-py deal with xtics labels of
> string type
> > (without building the gnuplot command in user code), I
> added this method
> > to Gnuplot class:
> > 
> > 
> > ######
> >     def set_tics_labels(self,
> labels, axis = 'x'):
> >         cmd = 'set
> %stics (' % (axis,)
> >         for indx, label
> in zip(range(len(labels)), labels):
> >           cmd +=
> '"%s" %i,' % (label, indx,)
> >         cmd =
> cmd.strip(',') + ")"
> >         self(cmd) 
>   
> > ######
> > 
> > 
> > This seems to work for me. Is there any smarter way to
> do this?
> 
> Thanks for your submission.
> 
> If I understand correctly, your function takes a list of
> label strings
> as argument and places the 0th label in the list at axis
> position 0.0,
> the 1st label at axis position 1.0, etc.  Is that
> correct?
> 
> Because this seems quite special-purpose.  The gnuplot
> "set *tics"
> commands are much more flexible.  They allow labels to
> be placed at
> arbitrary positions and allow the user to specify which tic
> marks are
> major vs. minor.  If we are going to build a
> set_tics_labels() command
> into Gnuplot, then I think it should provide access to more
> of gnuplot's
> functionality.
> 
> What do you think of the attached patch?
> 
> Michael
> 
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> Michael Haggerty
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