Index

A

• advanced label generation / Advanced label generation
• aesthetic pattern, of independent lines / How to do it...
• alignment control
  • about / Alignment control
  • vertical / Alignment control
  • horizontal / Alignment control
• arrowprops parameter
  • options / How it works...
• arrows
  • adding, on figure / Adding arrows, How it works...
• aspect ratio
  • setting, of figure / Setting the aspect ratio, How it works...
• axes
  • scaling, equally / How to do it..., How it works...
• axis
  • label, adding to / Adding a label to each axis, How it works...
• axis range
  • setting / Setting an axis range, How to do it...

B

• back-to-back bar charts
  • plotting / How to do it..., How it works...
• bar3d() method / How it works...
• bar charts
  • about / Plotting bar charts
  • plotting / How it works...
  • thickness / The thickness of a bar
  • horizontal bars / Horizontal bars
  • custom colors, using for / How to do it..., There's more...
  • color maps, using for / How to do it..., How it works...
  • creating, with fixed labels / A simpler way to create bar charts with fixed labels
• barh() function / Horizontal bars
• bbox parameter
  • options / Bounding box control
• bounding box control
  • about / Bounding box control
• boxplots
  • plotting / How to do it..., How it works...
  • custom colors, using for / How to do it..., How it works...

C

• colormap
  • about / Adding a colormap legend to a figure
• colormap legend
  • adding, to figure / How to do it..., How it works...
• color maps
  • about / Using colormaps for scatter plots
  • using, for scatter plots / How to do it..., How it works...
  • using, for bar charts / How to do it..., How it works...
• colors
  • defining / Defining your own colors, How to do it..., How it works...
  • triplets / Getting ready
  • quadruplets / Getting ready
  • predefined names / Getting ready
  • HTML color strings / Getting ready
  • gray-level strings / Getting ready
• color scheme
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• composite figures
  • alternative ways / An alternative way to composite figures
• content
  • visualizing, of 2D array / Visualizing the content of a 2D array, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more…
• contour lines
  • about / Visualizing contour lines
  • visualizing / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• control
  • obtaining, on markers / How to do it..., How it works...
• curve
  • plotting / Plotting one curve, How to do it..., How it works...
• curves
  • plotting, from file data / Plotting curves from file data, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• custom colors
  • using, for scatter plots / How to do it..., How it works...
  • using, for bar charts / How to do it..., There's more...
  • using, for pie charts / How to do it..., How it works...
  • using, for boxplots / How to do it..., How it works...

D

• 2D array
  • content, visualizing / Visualizing the content of a 2D array, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more…
• 2D figures
  • embedding, in 3D figure / Embedding 2D figures in a 3D figure, How to do it..., There's more...
• 2D scalar field
  • visualizing / Visualizing a 2D scalar field, How to do it..., How it works...
• 2D vector field
  • visualizing / Getting ready, How it works...
  • streamlines, visualizing of / Visualizing the streamlines of a 2D vector field, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• 3D
  • scalar field, plotting in / Plotting a scalar field in 3D, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• 3D bar plot
  • demonstrating / How to do it..., How it works...
• 3D curve plots
  • creating / Creating 3D curve plots, How to do it…, How it works...
• 3D figure
  • 2D figures, embedding in / Embedding 2D figures in a 3D figure, How to do it..., There's more...
• 3D scatter plots
  • demonstrating / How to do it..., How it works...
• 3D surface
  • black curves, removing / There's more...
• deferred rendering mechanism
  • about / There's more...
• delegation / Advanced label generation
• DPI (Dots Per Inches) / How it works...
• draw_figure() method / How it works...

E

• Enthought Canopy
  • installing / How to do it...

F

• figure
  • arrows, adding on / Adding arrows, How it works...
  • grid, adding to / Adding a grid, How it works...
  • shapes, adding in / Adding shapes, How to do it..., How it works...
  • aspect ratio, setting of / Setting the aspect ratio, How it works...
  • about / Introduction
  • rendering, to PNG file / Rendering a figure to a PNG file with a transparent background
  • colormap legend, adding to / How to do it..., How it works...
• FigureCanvasWxAgg object / How it works...
• file data
  • curves, plotting from / Plotting curves from file data, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• fill pattern
  • controlling / Controlling a fill pattern, How it works...
• fixed labels
  • bar charts, creating with / A simpler way to create bar charts with fixed labels
• fundamental primitive
  • linesTopicnusage, demonstrating / Adding lines, How to do it..., How it works...

G

• graph
  • legend, adding to / How to do it..., How it works...
• graphic
  • title, adding to / How to do it..., How it works...
• gray-level strings / Getting ready
• grid
  • adding, to figure / Adding a grid, How it works...
• GTK
  • about / Integrating a plot to a GTK user interface
• GTK user interface
  • plot, integrating to / How to do it..., How it works...

H

• histograms
  • plotting / How to do it..., How it works...
• horizontal bars / Horizontal bars
• HTML color strings / Getting ready
• HTML page
  • making, including figure / Making a HTML page that includes the figure

I

• installation, Enthought Canopy / How to do it...
• installation, matplotlib
  • about / Installing matplotlib
  • scenarios / How to do it...
  / How to do it...
• interactive plots
  • about / Introduction

L

• label
  • adding, to axis / Adding a label to each axis, How it works...
• lanzcos / There's more…
• LaTeX
  • used, for displaying mathematical scripts in figure / Using LaTeX-style notations, How to do it..., How it works...
  / Getting ready, Handling multiple-page PDF documents
• LaTeX-style notations
  • using / Using LaTeX-style notations, How to do it..., How it works...
• LaTeX Wikibook
  • URL / Getting ready
• legend
  • adding, to graph / How to do it..., How it works...
• LinearScaling class / How it works...
• line pattern
  • controlling / Controlling a line pattern and thickness, How to do it..., How it works...
• lines
  • adding / Adding lines, How to do it..., How it works...
• linestyle parameter / The line style with other plot types
• line style settings
  • line style, with plot types / The line style with other plot types
  • line width / The line width
• line thickness
  • controlling / There's more..., The line width
• linewidth parameter / The line width
• list comprehension
  • about / How it works...
• logarithmic scale
  • setting up / How to do it..., How it works...
  • using / There's more...
• Lorenz attractor / How to do it..., How to do it…

M

• Mandelbrot set / Visualizing the content of a 2D array, How to do it...
• map visualization / Introduction
• markers
  • style, controlling / Getting ready, How it works...
  • predefined markers / Getting ready
  • vertices list / Getting ready
  • regular polygon / Getting ready
  • start polygon / Getting ready
  • size, controlling / Controlling a marker's size, How to do it..., There's more...
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
  • control, obtaining on / How to do it..., How it works...
• mathematical scripts
  • displaying in figure, LaTeX used / Using LaTeX-style notations, How to do it..., How it works...
• matplotib.cm module / How to do it...
• matplotlib
  • installing / Installing matplotlib, How to do it...
• Matplotlib
  • about / Introduction
• matplotlib.patches.Polygon()constructor / Working with polygons
• matplotlib module / How it works...
• matplotlibrc file / There's more...
• multiple-page PDF documents
  • handling / Handling multiple-page PDF documents, How it works...
• multiple bar charts
  • plotting / How to do it..., How it works...
• multiple curves
  • plotting / Plotting multiple curves, How it works...
• multiple figures
  • compositing / Compositing multiple figures, How to do it..., How it works...

N

• nonuniform 2D data
  • visualizing / Visualizing nonuniform 2D data, How to do it..., How it works...
• nonuniform sampling capabilities / How to do it...
• NumPy
  • about / Using NumPy
  • using / How to do it..., How it works...
• numpy.meshgrid() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• Numpy package
  • about / How it works...

O

• output resolution
  • controlling / Controlling the output resolution, How it works..., There's more...

P

• parametric 3D surface
  • plotting / Plotting a parametric 3D surface, How to do it..., How it works...
• path attributes
  • working with / Working with path attributes
• PDF (Probability Density Functions) / The line width
• PDF document
  • generating / Generating PDF or SVG documents
• pie charts
  • plotting / How to do it..., How it works...
  • custom colors, using for / How to do it..., How it works...
• plot
  • integrating, to Tkinter user interface / How to do it..., How it works...
  • integrating, to wxWidgets user interface / Integrating a plot to a wxWidgets user interface, How to do it..., How it works...
  • integrating, to GTK user interface / How to do it..., How it works...
  • integrating, in Pyglet application / How to do it..., How it works...
• plot.boxplot() function / How it works...
• plot.xscale() function / How it works...
• plot_surface() method / How it works...
• plt.show() function / There's more...
• PNG file
  • figure, rendering to / Rendering a figure to a PNG file with a transparent background
• PNG picture file
  • generating / Generating a PNG picture file, How it works...
• points
  • plotting / Plotting points, How to do it..., How it works...
• polar coordinates
  • using / Using polar coordinates, How it works..., There's more...
• polar curve
  • rendering / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• polygons
  • working with / Working with polygons
• predefined color names / Getting ready
• predefined markers / Getting ready
• Pyglet
  • about / Integrating a plot in a Pyglet application
  • plot, integrating into / How to do it..., How it works...
• PyGObject / Getting ready
• pyplot.annotate() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.axes() function / How it works..., How it works...
• pyplot.bar() function / How it works..., Using colormaps for bar charts
• pyplot.barh() function / How it works...
• pyplot.boxplot() function / There's more...
• pyplot.colorbar() function / How to do it..., How it works...
• pyplot.contour() function
  • about / How to do it...
  / How it works...
• pyplot.figure() function / How it works...
• pyplot.grid() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.imshow() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.legend() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.legend function
  • parameters / There's more...
• pyplot.Line2D() function / How it works...
• pyplot.pcolormesh() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.pie() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.plot() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.quiver() function / How it works...
• pyplot.savefig() function / How to do it..., How to do it...
• pyplot.scatter() function
  • about / Getting ready
  • common color, for all dots / Getting ready, There's more...
  • individual color, for each dot / Getting ready, There's more...
• pyplot.setp() function / How it works...
• pyplot.show() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.streamlines() function / How it works...
• pyplot.subplot2grid() function / How to do it...
  • parameters / How it works...
• pyplot.text() function / How to do it...
• pyplot.title()function / How it works...
• pyplot.triplot() function / How it works...
• pyplot.xlabel() function / How it works...
• pyplot.xlim() function / How it works...
• pyplot.xticks() function / A simpler way to create bar charts with fixed labels
• pyplot.ylabel() function / How it works...
• pyplot.ylim() function / How it works...
• pyplot.yscale() function / How it works...
• Python / Introduction

Q

• quadruplets color / Getting ready

R

• refresh_figure() method / How it works..., How it works...
• regular polygon / Getting ready
• rendering options
  • alignment control / Alignment control
  • bounding box control / Bounding box control
• ReportLab / Handling multiple-page PDF documents

S

• scalar field
  • plotting, in 3D / Plotting a scalar field in 3D, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• scatter plots
  • custom colors, using for / How to do it..., How it works...
  • color maps, using for / How to do it..., How it works...
  • about / Creating 3D scatter plots
• scientific figures
  • about / Introduction
• shapes
  • adding, in figure / Adding shapes, How to do it..., How it works...
• sinc / There's more…
• size
  • controlling, of markers / Controlling a marker's size, How to do it..., There's more...
• sliders / How to do it...
• stacked bar charts
  • plotting / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• start polygon / Getting ready
• streamlines
  • visualizing, of 2D vector field / Visualizing the streamlines of a 2D vector field, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• style
  • controlling, of markers / Getting ready, How it works...
• subfigures
  • inserting / How to do it..., How it works...
• SuperShape / Making a user-controllable plot, How it works...
• SVG document
  • generating / Generating PDF or SVG documents

T

• text
  • adding, text boxes used / How to do it..., How it works...
• text boxes
  • used, for adding text / How to do it..., How it works...
• ticker API
  • advanced label generation / Advanced label generation
• tick labels
  • about / Controlling tick labeling
• ticks
  • about / Controlling tick spacing
• ticks labeling
  • controlling / Controlling tick labeling, How it works...
• ticks spacing
  • controlling / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• title
  • adding, to graphic / How to do it..., How it works...
• Tkinter
  • about / Integrating a plot to a Tkinter user interface
• Tkinter user interface
  • plot, integrating to / How to do it..., How it works...
• transparency
  • handling / How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• triangulations
  • about / Plotting triangulations
  • plotting / How to do it..., How it works...
• triplets color / Getting ready

U

• user-controllable plot
  • creating / Making a user-controllable plot, How to do it..., How it works...

V

• vertices list / Getting ready

W

• wireframe view, of torus
  • getting / There's more...
• wxWidgets user interface
  • plot, integrating to / Integrating a plot to a wxWidgets user interface, How to do it..., How it works...