[Matplotlib-users] Autoscaling one axis onyl

[Jon W. <wr...@es...>]

Hi all,

Is there a trick hidden somewhere for autoscaling one axis only? I am 
frequently plotting data which has a series of narrow peaks and a large 
dynamic range. After zooming on the x-axis to the region of interest, 
I'd like to have an option to make the y axis rescale for the data in 
that range only. Having flailed around in the source I have the feeling 
that this is possible, but I haven't quite fathomed out how to do it 
(I'm using matplotlib for an interactive plot embedded in a tk 
application). Essentially I want the appropriate magic spell to give me 
a bounding box in y for the current x axis limits. The things I tried so 
far always seem to give the bounding box for all the data points, 
including the ones which are not currently being plotted on the x range. 
Sorry if I've missed something obvious!


Thanks in advance,

Jon