gridspec supports grid of different cell sizes

leejjoon · leejjoon · commit 2599a0eded46 · 2010-05-19T00:32:37.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=8323
diff --git a/doc/users/gridspec.rst b/doc/users/gridspec.rst
@@ -129,3 +129,23 @@ parameters are set to that of the locataion of the given SubplotSpec. ::
 .. plot:: users/plotting/examples/demo_gridspec04.py
 
 
+GridSpec with Varying Cell Sizes
+================================
+
+By default, GridSpec creates cells of equal sizes. You can adjust
+relative heights and widths of rows and columns. Note that absolute
+values are meaningless, onlt their relative ratios matter. ::
+
+  gs = gridspec.GridSpec(2, 2,
+                         width_ratios=[1,2],
+                         height_ratios=[4,1]
+                         )
+  
+  ax1 = plt.subplot(gs[0])
+  ax2 = plt.subplot(gs[1])
+  ax3 = plt.subplot(gs[2])
+  ax4 = plt.subplot(gs[3])
+
+
+.. plot:: users/plotting/examples/demo_gridspec05.py
+
diff --git a/doc/users/plotting/examples/demo_gridspec05.py b/doc/users/plotting/examples/demo_gridspec05.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec
+
+def make_ticklabels_invisible(fig):
+    for i, ax in enumerate(fig.axes):
+        ax.text(0.5, 0.5, "ax%d" % (i+1), va="center", ha="center")
+        for tl in ax.get_xticklabels() + ax.get_yticklabels():
+            tl.set_visible(False)
+
+
+
+f = plt.figure()
+
+gs = gridspec.GridSpec(2, 2,
+                       width_ratios=[1,2],
+                       height_ratios=[4,1]
+                       )
+
+ax1 = plt.subplot(gs[0])
+ax2 = plt.subplot(gs[1])
+ax3 = plt.subplot(gs[2])
+ax4 = plt.subplot(gs[3])
+
+make_ticklabels_invisible(f)
+plt.show()
+
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py b/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
