[Matplotlib-users] Findng the right args and kwargs

[Michael C. <mc...@ca...>]

Hi all,
One of the most persistent problems I have with matplotlib is finding 
out which kwargs and args are available for some commands.
For instance, I am looking at manipulating axis ticks and labels in 
mplot3d, so I went to the mplot3d api page, and looked for useful 
commands and found:

set_xlabel(xlabel, fontdict=None, **kwargs)¶
     Set xlabel.

set_xlim3d(*args, **kwargs)¶
     Set 3D x limits.

However, there is no information that I can find about "args" and 
"kwargs" that I can use to figure out how to make my changes.

For the record, I want to be able to change the size of the font, the # 
and values of the tick marks, and to move the axis labels to one or the 
other end of the axis they are labelling.

Cheers
Michael