Re: [Matplotlib-users] transformations

[N. V. <mit...@we...>]

Hello John,


>
>There is nothing wrong with instantiating Text instances yourself and
>adding them to the figure or axes manually as you did, but both the
>Axes and Figure have helper methods "text" which define a default
>transformation that can be overridden
>
>So
>
>  t = Text(x=x, y=y, text=text) 
>  t.set_transform(axes.transAxes)
>  ax.texts.append(t)
>
>is equivalent to 
>
>  ax.text(x, y, text, transform=ax.transAxes) 
>
>  
>
ax.text was my starting point to understand the usage of Text(). For my 
application I need a very detailed control of the objects I create, this 
is why I prefer the manual approach.

>
>If you have time and inclination to write a transformations tutorial
>for the wiki, that would be great.
>
>  
>
Not tonight, but I will!


Thanks so much for your answer,

Niklas.