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

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

Ah, that makes sense.  The features of axes_grid1 are very good and I think
they make matplotlib very appealing to those who need advanced graphing
features.

To encourage the use of axes_grid1, shouldn't the examples on the website
get updated to reflect this?  Would the examples still work with a simple
search-and-replace?

Thanks for your insight,
Ben Root

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Jae-Joon Lee <lee...@gm...> wrote:

> axes_grid was originally started as a supporting module for my other
> project.
> And it contained mix of unrelated modules (but served for my purpose).
> Some of the modules in axes_grid has interfaces not compatible with
> matplotlib's own axes.
> (
> http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/mpl_toolkits/axes_grid/users/overview.html#axisline
> )
>
> axes_grid1 is more like a subset of axes_grid where those incompatible
> interfaces are gotten rid of (actually they became a separate package,
> axisartist).
>
> Again, for new project, use axes_grid1 and/or axisartist.
>
> Regards,
>
> -JJ
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
>