Re: [Matplotlib-users] Two bugs when plotting date/time histograms

[Simson G. <si...@ac...>]

Thanks, Eric. Any idea for a work-around on the bar graphs?

As far as the Mac goes, I'm happy to get you a log-in on one, if you  
want.

-Simson

On Jan 8, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Eric Firing wrote:

> Simson Garfinkel wrote:
>> Hi!
>> Below is a sample program. It demonstrates two bugs when plotting  
>> date/ time histograms.
>> 1.  When the y scale is made "log", the histogram points plot as   
>> lines, but when the y scale is not log, they histogram plots as  
>> bars.  I do not think that the look of the bars should change  
>> depending on  whether or not the Y scale is logarithmic.
>
> Simson,
>
> I verified the strange behavior with log and/or date, but looking at  
> the code did not yield any understanding of what the problems are.   
> I hope someone who has worked on the bar code recently will sort  
> this one out.  Definitely, there is at least one major bug that  
> needs to be fixed.
>
>> 2. When the "agg.pdf" is removed, specifying "log" for the yscale   
>> produces a TypeError on the mac (see below)
>
> This is mac-specific, and I don't have a mac, so I can't help with  
> this, either.