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Latex Figure

A library that manages plot formatting when building figures in Matplotlib to be presented in Latex-backed publications.

Usage

Download and setup the environment:

$> git clone https://github.com/jerome-white/latex-figure
$> cd latex-figure
$> export PYTHONPATH=`pwd`

Example: ACM with PGF

This library was designed primarily for making clean figures for ACM publications.

  1. One of the best file types for ACM -- and most other -- Latex documents is PGF. A matplotlibrc file tailored to this situation is included in this repository:

    $> export MATPLOTLIBRC=`pwd`/matplotlibrc/pgf.rc

  2. Import the class type corresponding to the type of figure you want. An example from the ACM module:

    from ltxfig.acm import ConferenceColumnFigure

panels = ConferenceColumnFigure()

  3. While ConferenceColumnFigure can be used with its defaults, it is sometimes handy to change the number of panels (size) or plot dimensions:

    from ltxfig import MatplotlibRatio, PlotSize

size = PlotSize(3, 4) # three rows, four columns
ratio = MatplotlibRatio(hscale=0.5) # reduce the height be half
panels = ConferenceColumnFigure(size=size, ratio=ratio)

Issues

For now only ACM "sigconf" is supported.