1. All the set calls should be setp calls
So:
set(gca(), 'xticks', [1,2,3,4])
should be:
from pylab import *
setp(gca(), 'xticks', [1,2,3,4])
2. Question:
"Can I just generate images without having a window popup?"
HTML markup is bad, so I get this in my browser
href=backends.html#Cairo>Cairo
Here goes the patch (first one ever :))
--- faq.html.template 2006-06-05 01:33:45.531250000 +0200
+++ faq.html.template.new 2006-06-05 01:37:15.203125000 +0200
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@
'Can I just generate images without having a window popup?',
"""
The easiest way to do this is use an image backend, either <a
-href=backends.html#Agg>Agg</a>, href=backends.html#Cairo>Cairo</a>, <a
+href=backends.html#Agg>Agg</a>, <a href=backends.html#Cairo>Cairo</a>, <a
href=backends.html#GD>GD</a> or <a href=backends.html#Paint>Paint</a>
if you want to generate PNG images, eg, for use in a web page, or PS
if you want publication quality, scalable images. All of these
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@
<pre>
locs, labels = xticks()
-set(labels, fontsize=8)
+setp(labels, fontsize=8)
</pre>
You can also set the default ticklabel size in your <a
@@ -901,10 +901,10 @@
<pre>
from pylab import *
plot([1,2,3,4], [1,4,9,16])
- set(gca(), 'xticks', [1,2,3,4])
- labels = set(gca(), 'xticklabels',
+ setp(gca(), 'xticks', [1,2,3,4])
+ labels = setp(gca(), 'xticklabels',
['Frogs', 'Hogs', 'Bogs', 'Slogs'])
- set(labels, 'rotation', 'vertical')
+ setp(labels, 'rotation', 'vertical')
show()
</pre>
"""),