I'm trying to make a plot where instead of the y-axis being
> oriented in the traditional sense (large numbers on top, small
> on bottom) it needs to be oriented in the reverse sense (small
> numbers on top, large on bottom).
> Now, my first thought on how to do this was the following:
>>>> plot(x,-y) pos,lab = yticks()
>>>> yticks(pos,map(str,-array(pos)))
Just try setting
ylim(ymax, ymin)
instead of explicitly mucking with the ticks. Eg,
http://matplotlib.sf.net/examples/invert_axes.py
JDH