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| - Download the [[http://matplotlib.org/contents.html|pdf version of the manual]]. **Do not print** the 2800+ pages of the manual! Read the beginner's guide (Chapter //FIVE// of //Part II//) and have a super quick look at the table of contents of the whole document. | - Download the [[http://matplotlib.org/contents.html|pdf version of the manual]]. **Do not print** the 2800+ pages of the manual! Read the beginner's guide (Chapter //FIVE// of //Part II//) and have a super quick look at the table of contents of the whole document. |
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| ==== Useful reference pages ==== | ==== Useful matplotlib reference pages ==== |
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| * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.plot.html|plot(...)]]: Plot y versus x as lines and/or markers | * [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.plot.html|plot(...)]]: Plot y versus x as lines and/or markers |
| * if the legend is outside of the plot, you have to **explicitly provide enough space for the legend on the page** | * if the legend is outside of the plot, you have to **explicitly provide enough space for the legend on the page** |
| * e.g. with [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplots_adjust.html|subplots_adjust]], ''plt.subplots_adjust(right=0.75)'' will make all the plots use 75% on the left of the page, and leave 25% on the right for the legend | * e.g. with [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.subplots_adjust.html|subplots_adjust]], ''plt.subplots_adjust(right=0.75)'' will make all the plots use 75% on the left of the page, and leave 25% on the right for the legend |
| | * The [[https://matplotlib.org/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.figure.Figure.html|figure(...)]] and the associated methods |
| | * The [[https://matplotlib.org/api/axes_api.html|axes]] and the associated methods |
| | * [[https://matplotlib.org/tutorials/introductory/customizing.html#matplotlib-rcparams|matplotlib default settings]] can be queried and updated |
| | * example: the default figure size (inches) is ''mpl.rcParams['figure.figsize']'' (''[6.4, 4.8]'') |
| | * current settings' file: ''mpl.matplotlib_fname()'' |
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| ==== Misc Matplotlib tricks ==== | ==== Misc Matplotlib tricks ==== |
