bronx.graphics.axes

Tools for handling axes within figures.

Functions

bronx.graphics.axes.set_figax(figure=None, ax=None, **subplots_kw)

Generate or check consistency of (figure, ax) duet to work on.

If figure and ax are both None, generate the duet using pyplot.subplots(), in which case any argument can be additionally passed through subplots_kw.

bronx.graphics.axes.set_nice_time_axis(axis, xy, dt_min=None, dt_max=None, showgrid=True, datefmt=None, tickslabelsrotation=30.0)

Set an adequate axis ticks and ticks labels for Date/Hour axis.

Parameters:

• axis – the axis instance to work on

• xy – must be ‘x’ or ‘y’

• dt_min – datetime.datetime instance corresponding to plot min; if None, take it from axis

• dt_max – datetime.datetime instance corresponding to plot max if None, take it from axis

• showgrid – to set the grid or not

• datefmt – format for date

• tickslabelsrotation – angle in degrees, anti-clockwise order