scales.py: use subplots_adjust to give room; tweak symlog parameter

efiring · efiring · commit 7f8b927f511e · 2016-06-18T14:38:35.000-10:00
diff --git a/examples/scales/scales.py b/examples/scales/scales.py
@@ -3,15 +3,18 @@
 """
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from matplotlib.ticker import NullFormatter
 
+np.random.seed(1)
 # make up some data in the interval ]0, 1[
 y = np.random.normal(loc=0.5, scale=0.4, size=1000)
 y = y[(y > 0) & (y < 1)]
 y.sort()
 x = np.arange(len(y))
 
 # plot with various axes scales
-fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2)
+fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 2, sharex=True)
+fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.08, right=0.98, wspace=0.3)
 
 # linear
 ax = axs[0, 0]
@@ -30,18 +33,19 @@
 
 
 # symmetric log
-ax = axs[1, 0]
+ax = axs[1, 1]
 ax.plot(x, y - y.mean())
-ax.set_yscale('symlog', linthreshy=0.05)
+ax.set_yscale('symlog', linthreshy=0.02)
 ax.set_title('symlog')
 ax.grid(True)
 
 # logit
-ax = axs[1, 1]
+ax = axs[1, 0]
 ax.plot(x, y)
 ax.set_yscale('logit')
 ax.set_title('logit')
 ax.grid(True)
+ax.yaxis.set_minor_formatter(NullFormatter())
 
 
 plt.show()
