Re: [Matplotlib-users] normal x-y axes without a box

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:49 AM, David Pine <dp...@ny...> wrote:

> Is there a simple way to make a plot with axes that look like those in
> test1.png rather than like those in test.png?  Here is the code that
> produced test.png.  Thanks.
>
> Dave Pine
>
> import numpy as np
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>
> t = np.linspace(0., 20., 100)
> y = np.sin(t)
>
> fig = plt.figure(1, figsize=(6,3) )
> fig.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.2)
>
> ax = fig.add_subplot(1,1,1)
> ax.plot(t, y)
> ax.set_xlabel('t')
> ax.set_ylabel('y')
>
> plt.savefig('test.png')
>
> plt.show()
>
>
>
Dave, I believe that the axis spine feature is what you are looking for:

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/whats_new.html#axis-spine-placement

I hope that helps!
Ben Root