Re: [matplotlib-devel] Alternative way of specifying plot layout

[Thomas C. <tca...@gm...>]

Cool.  I think it make sense to put this in to `pyplot.py` next to
`subplots`

Tom

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:14 PM Nicolas P. Rougier <Nic...@in...>
wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I've been experimenting with a simple idea for specifying plot layout in a
> rather intuitive way.
> The idea is simply to "draw" your layout using strings.
>
> Examples:
>
> layout = ["AB"]
> -> means two plots side by side with equal width
>
> layout = ["AAAB"]
> -> means two plots side by side A being 3 times wider than B
>
> layout = ["AB",
>           "CC"]
> -> means two plots (A & B) side by side and C below with full width
>
> layout = ["AB",
>           "C "]
> -> means two plots (A & B) side by side and C below A (same width)
>
> etc... (have a look at sources)
>
> I guess you cannot express every layout but it might work for most common
> ones.
>
> If you think this might a good addition I can try to make a PR but I'm not
> sure where to insert it.
> My idea would be to have a layout function such that you can write:
>
> A,B,C = plt.layout(["AB", "CC"], border=0.01)
> A.plot(...)
> B.plot(...)
> C.plot(...)
>
>
> Nicolas
>
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