Re: [Matplotlib-users] Using unregistered scales

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

Here's that second link for the scale:
https://gist.github.com/phobson/3cc3550ce1efcc299142

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Paul Hobson <pmh...@gm...> wrote:

> 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
>