adjusting subplot sizes

Hi, I'd like to create subplots where one subplot is

    > bigger than the other, say subplot(211) should have two
    > time the size in y than subplot(212). Is there a way
    > to do this?

The best way to do this is with "axes", not "subplot"

  from pylab import axes, show
  ax1 = axes([0.1, 0.45, 0.8, 0.5])
  ax2 = axes([0.1, 0.1, 0.8, 0.25])
  show()

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.pylab.html#-axes

See also http://matplotlib.sf.net/examples/axes_demo.py

JDH