create-your-first-axes.md

@@ -15,20 +15,47 @@ class axMyFirstAxes(MyAxes):
     # This is the function that will format the rawdata so that they can be plotted
     def formatRawdata(self, rawdata):
         
+
+        # Extract some part of the data
         rawdata1 = rawdata.data[<some key>]
         rawdata2 = rawdata.data[<some key>]
 
-        # Extract some part of the data and format them
-
+        # Format the data
         if(self.fig.keywords[<some key>]):
             # format in a certain way
         else:
             # format in another way
 
-        xdata = <some formular> 
-        ydata = <some formular>
-
+        # Put everything you need into the data of the axes 
         self.data = {'xdata': xdata,
-                     'ydata': ydata}
+                     'ydata': ydata,
+                     'xlabel': xlabel,
+                     'ylabel': ylabel}
+
+        # Returning True or False is not optional
+        return(True)
+
+
+    # This function is the plotting procedure
+    def plotting(self):
+
+        # You can get the keywords you need from the figure
+        xrange = self.fig.keywords.get('xrange', None)
+        yrange = self.fig.keywords.get('yrange', None)
+
+        # All matplotlib functions are available (see http://matplotlib.org/api/axes_api.html)
+        self.plot(self.data['xdata'], self.data['ydata'])
+
+        # Any decoration you need
+        self.set_xlabel(self.data['xlabel'])
+        self.set_ylabel(self.data['ylabel'])
+
+        if xrange is not None:
+            self.set_xlim(xrange)
+
+        if yrange is not None:
+            self.set_ylim(yrange)
 
+        # Returning True or False is not optional
+        return(True)
 ```
\ No newline at end of file