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Hi
In case anyone has the same problem getting GTKAgg (I think this is the =
best option for use with pythonwin & Idle & pycrust since the default =
TKAgg causes GPF) to work on win XP, note that the current version of =
pyGTK for windows - pygtk-2.4.1-2.win32-py2.4.exe doesn't work with the =
versions of GTK available from the page linked to in the matplotlib faq =
owing to an unresolved dll reference. However, gtk-win32-2.6.1-rc3.exe =
will work. I think that GTK has some parallel development strands, which =
is confusing ...
Mark
p.s. matplotlib is way cool now I've got it working! All I need now is =
something equally good for doing surface plots, have tried DISLIN but =
the output doesn't look that good particularly the fonts... 

John Hunter wrote:
> 
> Robert> Is this the correct approach?
> 
> Yep, that's it -- this is also discussed here
> http://matplotlib.sf.net/faq.html#TEXTOVERLAP , which also gives
> an alternative suggestion.
(Ahhh - a small light bulb is lit!)
Ok, I'd seen that but wasn't able to get it to work but now I understand why - 
when I tried it I'd not made the connection between axes and sub-plots.
> For pure OO w/o the pylab interface at
> all, there is a new example in CVS which I'll put here
Thanks, I'll check it out.
> [Snip some good advice]
> 
> I always encourage new users starting on the path to matplotlib OO API
> enlightenment to make notes and write a tutorial as you go. It would
> be a useful addition to the documentation.
No promises - so much to do, so little time :-(
I've got to code up the generation of more than 80 different graphs, resulting 
in over 32k individual instances, which is why I'm looking at matplotlib in 
preference to gnuplot, hopefully there's less trial and error involved in 
getting each graph 'just so'.
A Wiki might make the tutorial/documentation more achievable/accessible, is 
there one available?
Robert