Matplotlib backend

Matplotlib interface layer.

Notes

Sets zorder of all non-text “geoms” to 2 so that elements plotted later on are on top of previous ones.

Object creation and I/O

create_plotting_grid(number[, rows, cols, ...])	Create a chart with a grid of plotting targets in it.
show(chart)	Show all existing matplotlib figures.

Geoms

line(x, y, target, *[, color, alpha, width, ...])	Interface to matplotlib for a line plot.
scatter(x, y, target, *[, size, marker, ...])	Interface to matplotlib for a scatter plot.
text(x, y, string, target, *[, size, alpha, ...])	Interface to matplotlib for adding text to a plot.

Plot appeareance

title(string, target, *[, size, color])	Interface to matplotlib for adding a title to a plot.
ylabel(string, target, *[, size, color])	Interface to matplotlib for adding a label to the y axis.
xlabel(string, target, *[, size, color])	Interface to matplotlib for adding a label to the x axis.
xticks(ticks, labels, target, **artist_kws)	Interface to matplotlib for adding x ticks and labels to a plot.
yticks(ticks, labels, target, **artist_kws)	Interface to matplotlib for adding y ticks and labels to a plot.
ticklabel_props(target, *[, axis, size, color])	Interface to matplotlib for setting ticks size.
remove_ticks(target, *[, axis])	Interface to matplotlib for removing ticks from a plot.
remove_axis(target[, axis])	Interface to matplotlib for removing axis from a plot.

Legend

legend(target, kwarg_list, label_list[, ...])

Generate a legend on a figure given lists of labels and property kwargs.