[Matplotlib-users] Using matplotlib pythonic API

[Moe A. <mo...@po...>]

Hey,

i'm using matplotlib to create plots inside the twisted asynchronous web 
framework, so i am forced to use the pythonic API to avoid making global 
calls, however i have 3 questions and would be extremely grateful if 
anyone could help me out.

1) The online docs say that Figure.__init__ takes a linewidth keyword 
argument, but it does not.  how can i set the linewidth for a figure, 
and how can i set the fontsize for a figure, without doing weird things like

map( lambda t: t.set_fontsize( 6 ), legend.get_texts() )

2) all of the examples using the pythonic API instantiate a Figure, and 
then do add_subplot().  this works for me, but matplotlib adds a bunch 
of space around the figure that i dont need.  is there a way around 
this, or an alternative to add_subplot if i want only one plot?

3) my ticklabels for the X axis happen to be quite lengthy strings, and 
they overlap if placed horizontally, adjacent to each other.  i am using 
rotation = 45 but then a lot of the text gets clipped off of the bottom 
of the figure (im setting figsize in the Figure constructor).  i am 
happy with the size of the figure, but would like more space for the 
text at the bottom.


any help will be greatly appreciated.
Moe Aboulkheir