[Matplotlib-users] Help understanding matplotlibrc vs matplotlib api

[Jonno <jon...@gm...>]

I'm looking for some help understanding how I can add new lines to my
matplotlibrc but I'm struggling to correlate the default matplotlibrc to
the api.

For example if I want to have axis ticks only show up on the bottom and
left axes how would I add that to mapltlotlibrc?
I can do this in my code with:
ax.get_xaxis().tick_bottom()
ax.get_yaxis().tick_left()
But don't get how to do it using the documentation at
http://matplotlib.org/api/axis_api.html

Thanks,

Jonno.