See here for some examples. The codes here show how to set plot parameters in one place and use it in other scripts.
from matplotlib import rcParams rcParams['font.size'] = 14 rcParams['font.family'] = 'serif' rcParams['figure.autolayout'] = True rcParams['lines.linewidth'] = 2 rcParams['lines.markersize'] = 6 rcParams['axes.titlesize'] = 14 rcParams['axes.labelsize'] = 14 rcParams['text.usetex'] = True # This will use Latex fonts (slow)
lw = 3 # linewidth ms = 8 # marker size plt.plot(x,y,'o-',lw=lw,ms=ms)
To make both axes tight
plt.axis('tight')
Make x axis tight
plt.autoscale(enable=True, axis='x', tight=True)
To set both axes
plt.axis([0, 1, -1, 1])
To set independently
plt.xlim(0,1) plt.ylim(-1,1)
Plotting backends might create problems on mac. If this happens, then try this
import matplotlib matplotlib.use("TkAgg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
NOTE: You must set the backend before importing pyplot.
You can set this as default; for example in anaconda, I create a file
/path/to/anaconda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sitecustomize.pyand in this put the following
import matplotlib matplotlib.use("TkAgg")