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

[Paul H. <pmh...@gm...>]

Wow. Thanks so much, Stan! This is a huge help and works just as I need it
to.

Much appreciated!


On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Stan West <sta...@nr...> wrote:

>  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.
>