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From: <ef...@us...> - 2010-04-19 01:14:01
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Revision: 8242
http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/matplotlib/?rev=8242&view=rev
Author: efiring
Date: 2010-04-19 01:13:54 +0000 (Mon, 19 Apr 2010)
Log Message:
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Tame that obscure MaxNLocator: change parameters after instantiation.
Modified Paths:
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trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG
trunk/matplotlib/boilerplate.py
trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG 2010-04-18 23:11:24 UTC (rev 8241)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/CHANGELOG 2010-04-19 01:13:54 UTC (rev 8242)
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-04-18 Control MaxNLocator parameters after instantiation,
+ and via Axes.locator_params method, with corresponding
+ pyplot function. -EF
+
2010-04-18 Control ScalarFormatter offsets directly and via the
Axes.ticklabel_format() method, and add that to pyplot. -EF
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/boilerplate.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/boilerplate.py 2010-04-18 23:11:24 UTC (rev 8241)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/boilerplate.py 2010-04-19 01:13:54 UTC (rev 8242)
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
'text',
'annotate',
'ticklabel_format',
+ 'locator_params',
)
cmappable = {
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py 2010-04-18 23:11:24 UTC (rev 8241)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/axes.py 2010-04-19 01:13:54 UTC (rev 8242)
@@ -1938,6 +1938,45 @@
raise AttributeError(
"This method only works with the ScalarFormatter.")
+ def locator_params(self, axis='both', tight=False, **kwargs):
+ """
+ Convenience method for controlling tick locators.
+
+ Keyword arguments:
+
+ *axis*
+ ['x' | 'y' | 'both'] Axis on which to operate;
+ default is 'both'.
+
+ *tight*
+ [True | False] Parameter passed to :meth:`autoscale_view`.
+
+ Remaining keyword arguments are passed to directly to the
+ :meth:`~matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator.set_params` method.
+
+ Typically one might want to reduce the maximum number
+ of ticks and use tight bounds when plotting small
+ subplots, for example::
+
+ ax.set_locator_params(tight=True, nbins=4)
+
+ Because the locator is involved in autoscaling,
+ :meth:`autoscale_view` is called automatically after
+ the parameters are changed.
+
+ This presently works only for the
+ :class:`~matplotlib.ticker.MaxNLocator` used
+ by default on linear axes, but it may be generalized.
+ """
+ _x = axis in ['x', 'both']
+ _y = axis in ['y', 'both']
+ if _x:
+ self.xaxis.get_major_locator().set_params(**kwargs)
+ if _y:
+ self.yaxis.get_major_locator().set_params(**kwargs)
+ self.autoscale_view(tight=tight, scalex=_x, scaley=_y)
+
+
def set_axis_off(self):
"""turn off the axis"""
self.axison = False
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py 2010-04-18 23:11:24 UTC (rev 8241)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py 2010-04-19 01:13:54 UTC (rev 8242)
@@ -2537,6 +2537,14 @@
# This function was autogenerated by boilerplate.py. Do not edit as
# changes will be lost
+@docstring.copy_dedent(Axes.locator_params)
+def locator_params(axis='both', tight=False, **kwargs):
+ ret = gca().locator_params(axis, tight, **kwargs)
+ draw_if_interactive()
+ return ret
+
+# This function was autogenerated by boilerplate.py. Do not edit as
+# changes will be lost
def autumn():
'''
set the default colormap to autumn and apply to current image if any.
Modified: trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py 2010-04-18 23:11:24 UTC (rev 8241)
+++ trunk/matplotlib/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py 2010-04-19 01:13:54 UTC (rev 8242)
@@ -1052,37 +1052,74 @@
"""
Select no more than N intervals at nice locations.
"""
-
- def __init__(self, nbins = 10, steps = None,
- trim = True,
- integer=False,
- symmetric=False,
- prune=None):
+ default_params = dict(nbins = 10,
+ steps = None,
+ trim = True,
+ integer=False,
+ symmetric=False,
+ prune=None)
+ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
"""
Keyword args:
+
+ *nbins*
+ Maximum number of intervals; one less than max number of ticks.
+
+ *steps*
+ Sequence of nice numbers starting with 1 and ending with 10;
+ e.g., [1, 2, 4, 5, 10]
+
+ *integer*
+ If True, ticks will take only integer values.
+
+ *symmetric*
+ If True, autoscaling will result in a range symmetric
+ about zero.
+
*prune*
+ ['lower' | 'upper' | 'both' | None]
Remove edge ticks -- useful for stacked or ganged plots
where the upper tick of one axes overlaps with the lower
- tick of the axes above it. One of 'lower' | 'upper' |
- 'both' | None. If prune=='lower', the smallest tick will
+ tick of the axes above it.
+ If prune=='lower', the smallest tick will
be removed. If prune=='upper', the largest tick will be
removed. If prune=='both', the largest and smallest ticks
will be removed. If prune==None, no ticks will be removed.
"""
- self._nbins = int(nbins)
- self._trim = trim
- self._integer = integer
- self._symmetric = symmetric
- self._prune = prune
- if steps is None:
- self._steps = [1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10]
- else:
- if int(steps[-1]) != 10:
- steps = list(steps)
- steps.append(10)
- self._steps = steps
- if integer:
+ # I left "trim" out; it defaults to True, and it is not
+ # clear that there is any use case for False, so we may
+ # want to remove that kwarg. EF 2010/04/18
+ self.set_params(**self.default_params)
+ self.set_params(**kwargs)
+
+ def set_params(self, **kwargs):
+ if 'nbins' in kwargs:
+ self._nbins = int(kwargs['nbins'])
+ if 'trim' in kwargs:
+ self._trim = kwargs['trim']
+ if 'integer' in kwargs:
+ self._integer = kwargs['integer']
+ if 'symmetric' in kwargs:
+ self._symmetric = kwargs['symmetric']
+ if 'prune' in kwargs:
+ prune = kwargs['prune']
+ if prune is not None and prune not in ['upper', 'lower', 'both']:
+ raise ValueError(
+ "prune must be 'upper', 'lower', 'both', or None")
+ self._prune = prune
+ if 'steps' in kwargs:
+ steps = kwargs['steps']
+ if steps is None:
+ self._steps = [1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10]
+ else:
+ if int(steps[-1]) != 10:
+ steps = list(steps)
+ steps.append(10)
+ self._steps = steps
+ if 'integer' in kwargs:
+ self._integer = kwargs['integer']
+ if self._integer:
self._steps = [n for n in self._steps if divmod(n,1)[1] < 0.001]
def bin_boundaries(self, vmin, vmax):
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