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

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

On 2015/03/18 7:42 AM, Benjamin Root wrote:
> A thought... could this perhaps be extended somehow to specify colorbars
> in the layout?

A lower-case letter could indicate a colorbar-size Axes:

layout = ["ABc",
           "DE ",
           "ff "]

would put a vertical think axes to the right of B, and a double-wide 
hoizontal one below D and E.

All of this seems like an alternative API for gridspec and axes_grid1.

I am concerned about ending up with too many ways to do things, but with 
subtle differences.

How much control over spacing and sizing would be provided by kwargs or 
other adjustment mechanisms?  How would this relate to subplot_params?

Eric