#2 above is the answer to the problem in my original
> post. However I have another question. When I set the
> ylabel rotation to be horizontal, the beginning of the
> text is truncated ( the width of the border does not
> compensate ). I'm happy to set it wider but am
> wondering how ( what controls the width of the area
> where the labels gets written ).
In this case the placement of the ylabel is determined by the
horizontalalignment and the left side of the y tick labels. If it is
being truncated, you have a few choices.
1) Use a different alignment or smaller fontsize for the label
2) Use a smaller font size for the y tick labels or turn them off
entirely -- the position of the ylabel will automatically adjust
based upon the size of the tick labels.
3) Probably best, make a custom axes where the 'left' parameter is
larger and the width parameter is smaller. This will give you
more room for your ylabel.
> I also noticed that title of the graph ( with the
> horizontal alignment set to bottom ) is too close to
> the top of the graph itself, is there a way to pad
> that?
When you set the title, do
t = title('my title')
t.set_y(1.05) # relative axes coords
1.0 is the top of the axes, so the larger the number the higher the
title will be. 1.02 is the default.
Hope this helps,
JDH