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[Matplotlib-users] newline characters in tick labels

[magurling <mag...@gm...>]

Can a tick label be on two separate lines? For example:

LabelsList = ['Howard', 'Vince', 'Bob', 'Naboo the Enigma']

xlabels = ax.set_xticklabels( LabelsList, rotation=35,
horizontalalignment='right', fontstyle='italic', fontsize='10')

How can I put "Naboo the Enigma" on two lines? I've tried to enter newlines
and carriage returns in the list element (e.g. 'Naboo\n the Enigma') without
any luck.
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] newline characters in tick labels

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Tuesday, November 15, 2011, magurling <mag...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Can a tick label be on two separate lines? For example:
>
> LabelsList = ['Howard', 'Vince', 'Bob', 'Naboo the Enigma']
>
> xlabels = ax.set_xticklabels( LabelsList, rotation=35,
> horizontalalignment='right', fontstyle='italic', fontsize='10')
>
> How can I put "Naboo the Enigma" on two lines? I've tried to enter
newlines
> and carriage returns in the list element (e.g. 'Naboo\n the Enigma')
without
> any luck.

Actually, that's how I do it, if I remember correctly. What is your
platform and mpl version?

Ben Root

Re: [Matplotlib-users] newline characters in tick labels

[magurling <mag...@gm...>]

Benjamin Root-2 wrote:
> 
> Actually, that's how I do it, if I remember correctly. What is your
> platform and mpl version?
> 

I have Ubuntu 11.04, Python 2.7.1+, mpl 1.1.0. I've seen examples in the mpl
gallery of two-liner labels, but none that are rotated. Perhaps I didn't
look closely enough.
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Re: [Matplotlib-users] newline characters in tick labels

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:55 PM, magurling <mag...@gm...> wrote:

>
>
> Benjamin Root-2 wrote:
> >
> > Actually, that's how I do it, if I remember correctly. What is your
> > platform and mpl version?
> >
>
> I have Ubuntu 11.04, Python 2.7.1+, mpl 1.1.0. I've seen examples in the
> mpl
> gallery of two-liner labels, but none that are rotated. Perhaps I didn't
> look closely enough.
>

Seems to work fine for me using GTKAgg.  Which backend are you using?

Ben Root

Re: [Matplotlib-users] newline characters in tick labels

[magurling <mag...@gm...>]

Benjamin Root-2 wrote:
> 
> Seems to work fine for me using GTKAgg.
> 
I added these lines:

import matplotlib
matplotlib.use('GTKAgg')

I still get the "\n" printed literally in the label (an actual carriage
return shows up as an empty rectangle).
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