2008-11-30 Reimplementaion of the legend which supports baseline alignement,

multi-column, and expand mode. - JJL

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

import numpy as np

def myplot(ax):

t1 = np.arange(0.0, 1.0, 0.1)

for n in [1, 2, 3, 4]:

ax.plot(t1, t1**n, label="n=%d"%(n,))

ax1 = plt.subplot(3,1,1)

ax1.plot([1], label="multi\nline")

ax1.plot([1], label="$2^{2^2}$")

ax1.plot([1], label=r"$\frac{1}{2}\pi$")

ax1.legend(loc=1, ncol=3, shadow=True)

ax2 = plt.subplot(3,1,2)

myplot(ax2)

ax2.legend(loc=1, ncol=2, shadow=True)

ax3 = plt.subplot(3,1,3)

myplot(ax3)

ax3.legend(loc=1, ncol=4, mode="expand", shadow=True)

plt.draw()

plt.show()