Re: [Matplotlib-users] axes.text() plotting text outside of axes bounds

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:21 AM, Daryl Herzmann <ak...@gm...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering why stuff plotted with ax.text() does not get "clipped" by
> the axes bounds on the plot.  Here's a simple example, run with 1.3.1:
>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>
> (fig, ax) = plt.subplots(1,1)
>
> for i in range(5):
>   for j in range(5):
>     ax.text(i,j, "%sx%s" % (i,j), ha='center', va='center')
> ax.plot([0,8],[0,8])
> ax.set_xlim(0,2.8)
> ax.set_ylim(0,2.8)
> fig.savefig('test.png')
>
> and attached output.  This causes me lots of grief with basemap as well.
>  Is there a non-brute-force trick to get these values plotted outside the
> axes bounds removed?
>
> daryl
>
>
I can't quite remember what the original issue was, but I do seem to recall
that this behavior was made intentional for some reason. I honestly can't
remember why, though, and I can't fathom what circumstances that this would
be desirable...

Ben Root