Re: [Matplotlib-users] Difference between axes_grid and axes_grid1

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Jae-Joon Lee <lee...@gm...> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:
> > Well, the link is still not back, so I will probe you a bit further.  You
> > say that axes_grid is provided for backward compatibility, does that mean
> > that I should be using axes_grid1 for new code?  I have noticed
> differences
> > in behavior if I import axes_grid versus axes_grid1.  For example, my
> > colorbar labels wouldn't appear unless I used axes_grid1.
> >
> > Ben Root
> >
>
> Yes, axes_grid1 is recommended for new code.
> The "axes_grid" in the svn actually imports the "axes_grid1" and
> "axisaritst" modules.
>
> With axes_grid1, I tried to fix some compatibility issue that
> axes_grid had with the original matplolib. And I guess the colorbar
> label issue was one of them. With axes_grid, the colorbar labels are
> invisible by default, but they are visible in axes_grid1.
>
> Regards,
>
> -JJ
>

Thanks, that helps clear up some things for me.  I am curious if axes_grid1
is intended to be a final name.  When looking at the docs, it almost seems
like axes_grid1 is some supporting module while axes_grid is the main
module, just from a naming convention point-of-view.  But, that's just my
first impression of seeing those modules in that folder.

Ben Root