[Matplotlib-users] Using unregistered scales

[Paul H. <pmh...@gm...>]

MPL Users,

Using [1] as a template, I built a ProbabilityScale[2] which I hope one day
will be in the statsmodels library. It still needs some work, but it's
mostly there.

I have, what I hope is a basic question:
Do I have to register the scale in order to use it, or is there an axes
method to feed it the ProbScale class directly?

I notice that there is an axes.xaxis._set_scale method -- but there appears
to be no "public" API way of using an unregistered scale.

If it is the case that there's no sanctioned way of applying an
unregistered scale to an Axes object, when/where in a module is best to
register it (e.g., on import, locally within a the function/method that
needs it)?

Cheers,
-paul

[1]
http://matplotlib.org/examples/api/custom_scale_example.html?highlight=codex%20set_major_locator