[Matplotlib-users] sharex with different tick labels

[Daniel W. <dan...@gm...>]

Greetings, all.

I have an issue: I have several axes stacked in a column with a common time
vector on each x-axis.  Each plot is a contour, so overplotting is not an
option.  In a perfect world, I want the following:
1) The subplots are tightly spaced such that with ax.grid() activated, the
grid lines appear continuous.  This makes comparing simultaneous
characteristics between subplots very easy.
2) The subplots are linked via the "sharex" keyword so I can move them all
in unison.
3) Only the bottommost subplot has x tick labels; on other plots, the long
time-formatted labels stick out of the left and right of the plots.

Items 2 and 3 are contradictory: if I turn off tick labels (e.g.
ax.set_xticklabels('')) on one axes, the others turn off as well, including
the bottom axes.  That is bad.
Does anyone know of a good workaround for this?

Thanks for your help.

-dw