Re: [matplotlib-devel] playing with the aspect ratio

[Jochen V. <vo...@se...>]

Hello John,

On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:16:59AM -0600, John Hunter wrote:
> 3 >>> print ax.get_position()
> [0.125, 0.10999999999999999, 0.77500000000000002, 0.79000000000000004]
Oh, ok!  This explains why my picture is not centred.
0.125 + 0.775 + 0.1 =3D 1,
so the left margin is larger.  I guess this is to make space for
labels, isn't it?

> Does the code below help?
>=20
>     from matplotlib.matlab import *
>     from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle
>=20
>     f =3D figure(figsize=3D(3,2),frameon=3DFalse)
>=20
>     # ax is 0.8*3 inches wide, 0.8*2inches tall, ie 2.4 x 1.6
>     ax =3D axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.8])
>     p =3D Rectangle((0.1, 0.1), 0.8, 0.8, fill=3DTrue, fc=3D(1,0,0))
>     ax.add_patch(p)
>     axis([-0.5,2.5,-0.5,1.5])
>     savefig('test.ps')
Yes, it does.  Thanks a lot!

All the best,
Jochen
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