Re: [Matplotlib-users] savefig - legend only

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

I would also like to point out that you can specify "auto" for a location,
and matplotlib will attempt to find a good location for you (within the
plot area). It isn't perfect, but it can be useful.

Cheers!
Ben Root


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 7:02 AM, Skip Montanaro <sk...@po...> wrote:

> > 1. PNG file of figure without legend.
> > 2. PNG file of legend only.
> >
> > The end user would import both images into another tool (e.g. microsoft
> > power point) and arrange figure and legend interactively for the final
> > product.
>
> As someone pointed out to me not long ago, you can call
>
>     my_legend.draggable(True)
>
> then drag the legend where you want (in normal pointer mode). Then you
> just need to save the figure and not worry about fiddling with it
> later.
>
> Skip Montanaro
>
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