rotating an entire plot

hi,

matplot is great! my question:

   can i rotate a (scatter) plot 45 degrees
   anticlockwise?

ie. rotate from y|

···

                  -----
                      x

              to y\ /x
                    \ /
?

the labels on the axes would also be rotated.
of course, i could rotate the plot elements 45
degrees clockwise then rotate the resulting
image anticlockwise

thanks,

jack andrews