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John,
Thanks for the information. I might start looking at the code and 
see if I can make any changes. If I'm successful then I'll submit 
these as patches.
Gerardo
>
>
>No, there isn't, but patches here would be most welcome since this has
>come up before....
>
>JDH

>>>>> "Gerardo" == Gerardo Rivera <Ger...@jp...> writes:
 Gerardo> Hi, I'm currently using matplotlib with Plone/Zope to
 Gerardo> generate some graphics for temperature, wind speed and
 Gerardo> wind direction based on some data from Lake Tahoe.
 Gerardo> However, the currently layout of the legends box really
 Gerardo> restricts me from displaying the full set of data points
 Gerardo> on one graph.
 Gerardo> Currently the legend layout is displayed as:
 Gerardo> line1_color label1 line2_color label2 line3_color label3
 Gerardo> ...
 Gerardo> we want horizontal layout:
 Gerardo> line1_color label1 line2_color label2 line3_color label3
 Gerardo> ...
 Gerardo> Also placing the horizontal layout below the x-axis title
 Gerardo> would be ideal.
 Gerardo> Is there a way to create the horizontal layout in the
 Gerardo> current version of matplotlib?
No, there isn't, but patches here would be most welcome since this has
come up before....
JDH

Hi,
I'm currently using matplotlib with Plone/Zope to generate some 
graphics for temperature, wind speed and wind direction based on some 
data from Lake Tahoe. However, the currently layout of the legends 
box really restricts me from displaying the full set of data points 
on one graph.
Currently the legend layout is displayed as:
line1_color label1
line2_color label2
line3_color label3
...
we want horizontal layout:
line1_color label1 line2_color label2 line3_color 
label3 ...
Also placing the horizontal layout below the x-axis title would be ideal.
Is there a way to create the horizontal layout in the current version 
of matplotlib?
I noticed that someone created a column layout in Aug 2006 but 
actually changed the legend code. If I need to I could look at the 
legend code myself to get the needed results.
I'm using the following:
matplotlib 0.87.5
python 2.3.5, win32
Zope 2.7.8
Plone 2
Thanks for any help
Gerardo Rivera

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Ransom <sr...@nr...> writes:
 Scott> Hi All, I think I might have uncovered a bug in the legend
 Scott> code when using multiple patches so that only the first
 Scott> patch type is used in the legend.
 Scott> In [41]: matplotlib.__version__ Out[41]: '0.87.5'
 Scott> (that is revision 2782 from SVN)
 Scott> Here is some code that shows the problem:
 Scott> ------------------------------ from pylab import *
 Scott> binctrs = linspace(-4.0, 4.0, 15) vals = randn(1000) n1,
 Scott> bins1, p1 = hist(vals, binctrs, align='center') n2, bins2,
 Scott> p2 = hist(vals[:300], binctrs, align='center') setp(p1,
 Scott> 'facecolor', 'k', 'alpha', 0.2) setp(p2, 'facecolor', 'g',
 Scott> 'alpha', 0.9) legend((p1, p2), ("Frobs", "NewFrobs"))
 Scott> show() ------------------------------
The returned patches is a list of patches -- you just need to pick off
a representative one
ax = subplot(111)
binctrs = linspace(-4.0, 4.0, 15)
vals = randn(1000)
n1, bins1, p1 = hist(vals, binctrs, align='center', facecolor='black', alpha=0.2)
n2, bins2, p2 = hist(vals[:300], binctrs, align='center', facecolor='green', alpha=0.9)
legend((p1[0], p2[0]), ("Frobs", "NewFrobs"))
show()

Please disregard, i finally solved my problem using IndexLocator:
# datetime variable x is in 15 min intervals, 6 1/2 hours in trading day
# results in 26 data points per day, so:
days = IndexLocator(26, 1)
hours = IndexLocator(4, 1)
ax = subplot(111)
plot(datesindex, y)
ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(days)
ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(IndexDateFormatter(x, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(hours)
ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(IndexDateFormatter(x, 'Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
Thanks to all who have help me with previous issues. :)
On Wed, 2006年09月27日 at 09:58 -0400, Richard Albright wrote:
> I am getting closer to the results I want by modifying my days and hours
> locators to read:
> 
> days = WeekdayLocator(byweekday=(MO, TU, WE, TH, FR))
> hours = HourLocator(byhour=range(9,17,1))
> 
> but the xaxis still fills in times for the rest of each day interval,
> but now only shows xtick labels for the period during the day i am
> concerned with. Is there a way to limit the hours plotted on the xaxis
> for each day interval?
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2006年09月26日 at 16:47 -0400, Richard Albright wrote:
> > I am trying to figure out how i can use IndexLocator with DateFormatter.
> > Currently i am only using DayLocator and HourLocator in my code, but it
> > is showing ticks for all hours in the plot, when I only care about
> > plotting the hours for when data is available.
> > 
> > I already applied date2num to my dates in the x list below.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > from matplotlib.dates import IndexDateFormatter, DateFormatter, date2num
> > 
> > import matplotlib
> > 
> > from matplotlib import rc
> > 
> > import datetime
> > from pylab import *
> > 
> > 
> > x = [732559.39583333337, 732559.40625, 732559.41666666663,
> > 732559.42708333337,
> > 732559.4375, 732559.44791666663, 732559.45833333337, 732559.46875, 
> > 732559.47916666663 , 732559.48958333337, 732559.5,
> > 732559.51041666663, 
> > 732559.52083333337, 732559.53125, 732559.54166666663,
> > 732559.55208333337,
> > 732559.5625, 732559.57291666663, 732559.58333333337, 732559.59375, 
> > 732559.60416666663, 732559.61458333337, 732559.625,
> > 732559.63541666663, 
> > 732559.64583333337, 732559.65625, 732559.66666666663,
> > 732560.39583333337, 
> > 732560.40625, 732560.41666666663, 732560.42708333337, 732560.4375, 
> > 732560.44791666663, 732560.45833333337, 732560.46875,
> > 732560.47916666663, 
> > 732560.48958333337, 732560.5, 732560.51041666663,
> > 732560.52083333337, 
> > 732560.53125, 732560.54166666663, 732560.55208333337, 732560.5625, 
> > 732560.57291666663, 732560.58333333337, 732560.59375,
> > 732560.60416666663, 
> > 732560.61458333337, 732560.625, 732560.63541666663,
> > 732560.64583333337, 
> > 732560.65625, 732560.66666666663]
> > y = [13.07, 13.050000000000001, 13.029999999999999, 13.039999999999999, 
> > 13.029999999999999, 13.0, 13.0, 13.0, 13.0, 13.029999999999999,
> > 13.02, 
> > 13.01, 12.99, 12.98, 12.98, 12.960000000000001, 12.94, 12.92, 
> > 12.960000000000001, 12.98, 13.19, 13.140000000000001,
> > 13.130000000000001, 
> > 13.109999999999999, 13.08, 13.109999999999999, 13.039999999999999,
> > 13.15, 
> > 13.130000000000001, 13.15, 13.279999999999999, 13.210000000000001, 
> > 13.199999999999999, 13.199999999999999, 13.19, 13.199999999999999, 
> > 13.140000000000001, 13.119999999999999, 13.1, 13.09,
> > 13.130000000000001, 
> > 13.119999999999999, 13.130000000000001, 13.130000000000001, 
> > 13.140000000000001, 13.15, 13.16, 13.119999999999999,
> > 13.119999999999999, 
> > 13.1, 13.050000000000001, 13.029999999999999, 13.02, 13.0]
> > 
> > datesindex = range(len(x))
> > 
> > days = DayLocator()
> > hours = HourLocator()
> > ax = subplot(111)
> > plot(x, y)
> > 
> > ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(days)
> > ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
> > ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(hours)
> > ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(DateFormatter('%H:%M:%S'))
> > setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), 'rotation', 90, 'horizontalalignment',
> > 'center', fontsize=8)
> > minorlabels = [tick.label1 for tick in ax.xaxis.get_minor_ticks()]
> > setp(minorlabels, 'rotation', 90, 'horizontalalignment', 'center',
> > fontsize=8)
> > 
> > grid(True)
> > show()
> > 
> > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> -- 
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> Indie Research, LLC
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I am getting closer to the results I want by modifying my days and hours
locators to read:
days = WeekdayLocator(byweekday=(MO, TU, WE, TH, FR))
hours = HourLocator(byhour=range(9,17,1))
but the xaxis still fills in times for the rest of each day interval,
but now only shows xtick labels for the period during the day i am
concerned with. Is there a way to limit the hours plotted on the xaxis
for each day interval?
On Tue, 2006年09月26日 at 16:47 -0400, Richard Albright wrote:
> I am trying to figure out how i can use IndexLocator with DateFormatter.
> Currently i am only using DayLocator and HourLocator in my code, but it
> is showing ticks for all hours in the plot, when I only care about
> plotting the hours for when data is available.
> 
> I already applied date2num to my dates in the x list below.
> 
> 
> 
> from matplotlib.dates import IndexDateFormatter, DateFormatter, date2num
> 
> import matplotlib
> 
> from matplotlib import rc
> 
> import datetime
> from pylab import *
> 
> 
> x = [732559.39583333337, 732559.40625, 732559.41666666663,
> 732559.42708333337,
> 732559.4375, 732559.44791666663, 732559.45833333337, 732559.46875, 
> 732559.47916666663 , 732559.48958333337, 732559.5,
> 732559.51041666663, 
> 732559.52083333337, 732559.53125, 732559.54166666663,
> 732559.55208333337,
> 732559.5625, 732559.57291666663, 732559.58333333337, 732559.59375, 
> 732559.60416666663, 732559.61458333337, 732559.625,
> 732559.63541666663, 
> 732559.64583333337, 732559.65625, 732559.66666666663,
> 732560.39583333337, 
> 732560.40625, 732560.41666666663, 732560.42708333337, 732560.4375, 
> 732560.44791666663, 732560.45833333337, 732560.46875,
> 732560.47916666663, 
> 732560.48958333337, 732560.5, 732560.51041666663,
> 732560.52083333337, 
> 732560.53125, 732560.54166666663, 732560.55208333337, 732560.5625, 
> 732560.57291666663, 732560.58333333337, 732560.59375,
> 732560.60416666663, 
> 732560.61458333337, 732560.625, 732560.63541666663,
> 732560.64583333337, 
> 732560.65625, 732560.66666666663]
> y = [13.07, 13.050000000000001, 13.029999999999999, 13.039999999999999, 
> 13.029999999999999, 13.0, 13.0, 13.0, 13.0, 13.029999999999999,
> 13.02, 
> 13.01, 12.99, 12.98, 12.98, 12.960000000000001, 12.94, 12.92, 
> 12.960000000000001, 12.98, 13.19, 13.140000000000001,
> 13.130000000000001, 
> 13.109999999999999, 13.08, 13.109999999999999, 13.039999999999999,
> 13.15, 
> 13.130000000000001, 13.15, 13.279999999999999, 13.210000000000001, 
> 13.199999999999999, 13.199999999999999, 13.19, 13.199999999999999, 
> 13.140000000000001, 13.119999999999999, 13.1, 13.09,
> 13.130000000000001, 
> 13.119999999999999, 13.130000000000001, 13.130000000000001, 
> 13.140000000000001, 13.15, 13.16, 13.119999999999999,
> 13.119999999999999, 
> 13.1, 13.050000000000001, 13.029999999999999, 13.02, 13.0]
> 
> datesindex = range(len(x))
> 
> days = DayLocator()
> hours = HourLocator()
> ax = subplot(111)
> plot(x, y)
> 
> ax.xaxis.set_major_locator(days)
> ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(DateFormatter('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
> ax.xaxis.set_minor_locator(hours)
> ax.xaxis.set_minor_formatter(DateFormatter('%H:%M:%S'))
> setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), 'rotation', 90, 'horizontalalignment',
> 'center', fontsize=8)
> minorlabels = [tick.label1 for tick in ax.xaxis.get_minor_ticks()]
> setp(minorlabels, 'rotation', 90, 'horizontalalignment', 'center',
> fontsize=8)
> 
> grid(True)
> show()
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
-- 
Rick Albright
Senior Quantitvative Analyst
Indie Research, LLC
254 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
(609)497-1030
ral...@in...

Hi All,
I think I might have uncovered a bug in the legend code when using
multiple patches so that only the first patch type is used in the
legend.
In [41]: matplotlib.__version__
Out[41]: '0.87.5'
(that is revision 2782 from SVN)
Here is some code that shows the problem:
------------------------------
from pylab import *
binctrs = linspace(-4.0, 4.0, 15)
vals = randn(1000)
n1, bins1, p1 = hist(vals, binctrs, align='center')
n2, bins2, p2 = hist(vals[:300], binctrs, align='center')
setp(p1, 'facecolor', 'k', 'alpha', 0.2)
setp(p2, 'facecolor', 'g', 'alpha', 0.9)
legend((p1, p2), ("Frobs", "NewFrobs"))
show()
------------------------------
Thanks,
Scott
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