Re: [matplotlib-devel] Axes properties are cleared after offsetting spines

[Stan W. <sta...@nr...>]

On 2014-03-24 14:08, Stan West wrote:
> May I suggest that you look at the mailing list thread from that time 
> [1], try the patch in the thread, and see whether your issue is 
> resolved? This solution doesn't provide a work-around in your code, 
> but it may fix the problem at the root.
Paul, I just found the work-around that I used in my code. Define the 
following function:

    def set_spine_position(spine, position):
         """
         Set the spine's position without resetting an associated axis.
         
         As of matplotlib v. 1.0.0, if a spine has an associated axis, then
         spine.set_position() calls axis.cla(), which resets locators, formatters,
         etc.  We temporarily replace that call with axis.reset_ticks(), which is
         sufficient for our purposes.
         """
         axis = spine.axis
         if axis is not None:
             cla = axis.cla
             axis.cla = axis.reset_ticks
         spine.set_position(position)
         if axis is not None:
             axis.cla = cla

(The mention of v. 1.0.0 in the docstring is just the version I was 
using at the time, not necessarily the earliest version with this 
issue.) Then replace method calls like "spine.set_position(pos)" with 
the function call "set_spine_position(spine, pos)". I hope this helps.