[Matplotlib-users] making subplots more square

[per f. <per...@gm...>]

hi all,

i have a series of subplots organized in a column (3x1). i noticed that if i
plot them then matplotlib tends to make the x-axis long and the y-axis
short, so the plot is really rectangular. how can i make it more square? if
i do:

f = figure(figsize=(7,6), dpi=100)
p1 = subplot(3,1,1)
plot(....)
# make axes square
p1.set_aspect('equal')

p2 = subplot(3,1,2)
plot(....)
p2.set_aspect('equal')

# etc for third subplot...

then the subplots i get are square, but very small and squished compared to
the space they have in the figure (ie what i set in figsize.) how can i fix
this? i just want to have square axes, but have each subplot take up as much
space as it would if i didnt set square axes... it works fine for the
rectangular axes case.