.. _toolkit_axisartist-index:

.. toctree::

.. warning::

As a side effect, some commands (mostly tick-related) do not work.

curvilinear grids (e.g., the world coordinate system in astronomy).

Unlike mpl's original Axes class which uses Axes.xaxis and Axes.yaxis

to draw ticks, ticklines and etc., Axes in axisartist uses special

Since it uses a special artists, some mpl commands that work on

Axes.xaxis and Axes.yaxis may not work.

class, where each axis (left, right, top and bottom) have a separate

artist associated which is responsible to draw axis-line, ticks,

ticklabels, label. Also, you can create your own axis, which can pass

Most commands in the axes_grid1 toolkit can take a axes_class keyword

.. _axisartist-manual:

biggest difference is that the artists responsible to draw axis line,

ticks, ticklabel and axis labels are separated out from the mpl's Axis

class, which are much more than artists in the original mpl. This