[Matplotlib-users] "zig-zag" to represent suppressed 0 on axis?

[Kevin H. K. <kmh...@nc...>]

Hullo Matplotlib List,

I'm looking for a way to represent on an X-Y graph the fact that an axis 
does not start from the origin.  When drawing by hand, I'll use a little 
zig-zag, lightning bolt, or slight space on the axis in question to 
represent this fact, just off from where the X and Y axis lines meet. 
How would I go about telling Matplotlib to do this?  After two hours of 
perusing the Axes documentation, and tooling around in an IPython shell, 
I appear to be striking out.

If you are using a monospaced font to view this email, this may 
illustrate the functionality for which I'm looking:


  150 ||      *                     *
  145 ||  *                      *
  140 ||         *        *
  135 ||             *
  130 ||
      /
       /  <---- "zig zag" I want
      ||
    0   --------------------------------
       0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8


Many thanks for any help,

Kevin