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#!/usr/bin/env python

"""

I'm not trying to make a good liking figure here, but just to show

some examples of customizing rc params on the fly

If you like to work interactively, and need to create different sets

of defaults for figures (eg one set of defaults for publication, one

set for interactive exploration), you may want to define some

functions in a custom module that set the defaults, eg

def set_pub():

rc('font', weight='bold') # bold fonts are easier to see

rc('tick', labelsize=15) # tick labels bigger

rc('lines', lw=1, color='k') # thicker black lines (no budget for color!)

rc('grid', c='0.5', ls='-', lw=0.5) # solid gray grid lines

rc('#savefig', dpi=300) # higher res outputs

Then as you are working interactively, you just need to do

>>> set_pub()

>>> subplot(111)

>>> plot([1,2,3])

>>> #savefig('myfig')

>>> rcdefaults() # restore the defaults

"""

from pylab import *

subplot(311)

plot([1,2,3])

# the axes attributes need to be set before the call to subplot

rc('font', weight='bold')

rc('xtick.major', size=5, pad=7)

rc('xtick', labelsize=15)

# using aliases for color, linestyle and linewith; gray, solid, thick

rc('grid', c='0.5', ls='-', lw=5)

rc('lines', lw=2, color='g')

subplot(312)

plot([1,2,3])

grid(True)

rcdefaults()

subplot(313)

plot([1,2,3])

grid(True)

show()

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