# Matplotlib xaxis label tweak

import sys

import matplotlib

from matplotlib import pylab, ticker

ROTATION=75

DASHROTATION=75

DASHBASE=10

DASHLEN=35

DASHSTAGGER=3

FONTSIZE=6

def dashlen(step):

return DASHBASE+(DASHLEN*(step%DASHSTAGGER))

def test_dashticklabel():

pylab.clf()

x = [0.0, 1.0, 1.1, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0]

y = [1, 3, 2, 5, 1, 2]

labels = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'alpha', 'beta', 'gamma']

locator = ticker.FixedLocator(x)

formatter = ticker.FixedFormatter(labels)

axis = pylab.axes([0.3, 0.3, 0.4, 0.4])

axis.xaxis.set_major_locator(locator)

axis.xaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)

axis.yaxis.set_major_locator(locator)

axis.yaxis.set_major_formatter(formatter)

for tick in axis.xaxis.get_major_ticks():

tick.label2On = True

for tick in axis.yaxis.get_major_ticks():

tick.label2On = True

step = 0

for label in axis.get_xticklabels():

pylab.setp(label,

rotation=ROTATION,

dashlength=dashlen(step),

dashrotation=DASHROTATION,

fontsize=FONTSIZE,

)

step += 1

step = 0

for label in axis.get_yticklabels():

pylab.setp(label,

rotation=90-ROTATION,

dashlength=dashlen(step),

dashrotation=90-DASHROTATION,

fontsize=FONTSIZE,

)

step += 1

pylab.xlabel('X Label')

pylab.ylabel('Y Label')

pylab.plot(x, y)

axis.set_xlim((0.0, 6.0))

axis.set_ylim((0.0, 6.0))

pylab.savefig('dashticklabel')

pylab.show()

if __name__ == '__main__':

test_dashticklabel()