bfmplot

A collection of snippets for plots to make my life easier. The name is a nod to the great Burkhard Bunk.

Install

Clone this repository

git clone git@github.com:benmaier/bfmplot.git

Install as development version (such that you don't have to reinstall after updating the repository)

pip install -e ./bfmplot --no-binary :all:
cd bfmplot; make

Alternatively, install normally

pip install ./bfmplot
cd bfmplot; make install

Examples

First Example

from bfmplot import pl
import bfmplot as bp
import numpy as np

def sin_test(n=8,text_position='start'):

    # new figure in the golden ratio
    pl.figure(figsize=bp.golden_ratio(5))

    x = np.linspace(0,5*np.pi,100)

    # plot several functions with different markers
    for i in range(n):
        pl.plot(x, 1-np.sin(x[::-1]/np.sqrt(i+1)), marker=bp.markers[i],mfc='w',label='$i=%d$'%i)

    # remove right and top axis
    bp.strip_axis(pl.gca())

    # order legend items to align to the right
    leg = pl.legend()
    bp.align_legend_right(leg)

    # draw an arrow
    bp.arrow(pl.gca(), r'$i$', (6, 0.8), (3, 1.8), text_position=text_position)

    pl.xlabel('this is the x-label')
    pl.ylabel('this is the y-label')

    pl.gcf().tight_layout()


sin_test(n=4,text_position='start')

pl.show()

Colors

for colors,name in zip([
                bp.mpl_default_colors,
                bp.new_colors,
                bp.brewer_qualitative,
                bp.cccs_colors,                
                bp.get_cividis_colors(8),
                bp.wong,
               ],
               [
                'bfmplot.mpl_default_colors',
                'bfmplot.new_colors',
                'bfmplot.brewer_qualitative',
                'bfmplot.cccs_colors',
                'bfmplot.get_cividis_colors(8)',
                'bfmplot.wong',
               ],
               ):

    bp.set_color_cycle(colors)
    sin_test(n=8,text_position='start')