DOC: modify examples to fix number of ticks

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit bc359bed849f · 2016-01-24T15:08:30.000-05:00
In the inset axes (which will not have tick labels) fix the number
of ticks instead of letting auto-ticker pick the number of ticks.
diff --git a/examples/axes_grid/inset_locator_demo.py b/examples/axes_grid/inset_locator_demo.py
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ def add_sizebar(ax, size):
 ax2.set_aspect(1.)
 
 axins = zoomed_inset_axes(ax2, 0.5, loc=1)  # zoom = 0.5
+# fix the number of ticks on the inset axes
+axins.yaxis.get_major_locator().set_params(nbins=7)
+axins.xaxis.get_major_locator().set_params(nbins=7)
 
 plt.xticks(visible=False)
 plt.yticks(visible=False)
diff --git a/examples/axes_grid/inset_locator_demo2.py b/examples/axes_grid/inset_locator_demo2.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ def get_demo_image():
 x1, x2, y1, y2 = -1.5, -0.9, -2.5, -1.9
 axins.set_xlim(x1, x2)
 axins.set_ylim(y1, y2)
+# fix the number of ticks on the inset axes
+axins.yaxis.get_major_locator().set_params(nbins=7)
+axins.xaxis.get_major_locator().set_params(nbins=7)
 
 plt.xticks(visible=False)
 plt.yticks(visible=False)
