Re: [Matplotlib-users] Questions on a couple of what I suspect are standard matplotlib idioms

[John H. <jdh...@ac...>]

>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth McDonald <kmm...@wi...> writes:

    Kenneth> Couldn't see the answers to these questions when looking
    Kenneth> through the class reference docs, but they seem like
    Kenneth> common tasks, so I suspect there are standard idiomatic
    Kenneth> way of doing these. Could anyone refer me to examples
    Kenneth> showing

Actually, neither of these exist in matplotlib-0.52, but see below.

    Kenneth> 1) How to most easily label the x axis for data which is
    Kenneth> plotted by date? (More specifically; does matplotlib have
    Kenneth> any understanding of date values, and if so, how do I
    Kenneth> access and use it?) I'm hoping there's an easier way than
    Kenneth> explicitly labelling ticks on the x axis.

Full date support in matplotlib-0.53.  Release should be this
afternoon.  The new examples will be examples/date_demo*.py.

    Kenneth> 2) I'll be drawing logy graphs, and I want a certain
    Kenneth> slope to indicate a certain rate of growth, which means
    Kenneth> that, when using matplotlib via TkAgg, I want it to keep
    Kenneth> the ratio of the graph display height and display width
    Kenneth> constant as it resizes the graph to take into account
    Kenneth> changes in the size of the enclosing window. Is there a
    Kenneth> standard way to do this?

This is a good idea but it's not implemented and should be.  How do
you think the best way is to indicate a constrained resize?  With a
modifier key held down during the resize?

JDH