matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive
#
A directive for including a Matplotlib plot in a Sphinx document#
This is a Sphinx extension providing a reStructuredText directive
.. plot::
for including a plot in a Sphinx document.
In HTML output, .. plot::
will include a .png file with a link
to a high-res .png and .pdf. In LaTeX output, it will include a .pdf.
The plot content may be defined in one of three ways:
A path to a source file as the argument to the directive:
.. plot:: path/to/plot.py
When a path to a source file is given, the content of the directive may optionally contain a caption for the plot:
.. plot:: path/to/plot.py The plot caption.
Additionally, one may specify the name of a function to call (with no arguments) immediately after importing the module:
.. plot:: path/to/plot.py plot_function1
Included as inline content to the directive:
.. plot:: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.plot([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]) plt.title("A plotting exammple")
Using doctest syntax:
.. plot:: A plotting example: >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>> plt.plot([1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6])
Options#
The .. plot::
directive supports the following options:
:format:
{'python', 'doctest'}The format of the input. If unset, the format is auto-detected.
:include-source:
boolWhether to display the source code. The default can be changed using the
plot_include_source
variable inconf.py
(which itself defaults to False).:show-source-link:
boolWhether to show a link to the source in HTML. The default can be changed using the
plot_html_show_source_link
variable inconf.py
(which itself defaults to True).:context:
bool or strIf provided, the code will be run in the context of all previous plot directives for which the
:context:
option was specified. This only applies to inline code plot directives, not those run from files. If the:context: reset
option is specified, the context is reset for this and future plots, and previous figures are closed prior to running the code.:context: close-figs
keeps the context but closes previous figures before running the code.:nofigs:
boolIf specified, the code block will be run, but no figures will be inserted. This is usually useful with the
:context:
option.:caption:
strIf specified, the option's argument will be used as a caption for the figure. This overwrites the caption given in the content, when the plot is generated from a file.
Additionally, this directive supports all the options of the image directive,
except for :target:
(since plot will add its own target). These include
:alt:
, :height:
, :width:
, :scale:
, :align:
and :class:
.
Configuration options#
The plot directive has the following configuration options:
- plot_include_source
Default value for the include-source option (default: False).
- plot_html_show_source_link
Whether to show a link to the source in HTML (default: True).
- plot_pre_code
Code that should be executed before each plot. If None (the default), it will default to a string containing:
import numpy as np from matplotlib import pyplot as plt- plot_basedir
Base directory, to which
plot::
file names are relative to. If None or empty (the default), file names are relative to the directory where the file containing the directive is.- plot_formats
File formats to generate (default: ['png', 'hires.png', 'pdf']). List of tuples or strings:
[(suffix, dpi), suffix, ...]that determine the file format and the DPI. For entries whose DPI was omitted, sensible defaults are chosen. When passing from the command line through sphinx_build the list should be passed as suffix:dpi,suffix:dpi, ...
- plot_html_show_formats
Whether to show links to the files in HTML (default: True).
- plot_rcparams
A dictionary containing any non-standard rcParams that should be applied before each plot (default: {}).
- plot_apply_rcparams
By default, rcParams are applied when
:context:
option is not used in a plot directive. If set, this configuration option overrides this behavior and applies rcParams before each plot.- plot_working_directory
By default, the working directory will be changed to the directory of the example, so the code can get at its data files, if any. Also its path will be added to
sys.path
so it can import any helper modules sitting beside it. This configuration option can be used to specify a central directory (also added tosys.path
) where data files and helper modules for all code are located.- plot_template
Provide a customized template for preparing restructured text.
- class matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive.PlotDirective(name, arguments, options, content, lineno, content_offset, block_text, state, state_machine)[source]#
The
.. plot::
directive, as documented in the module's docstring.- final_argument_whitespace = False#
May the final argument contain whitespace?
- has_content = True#
May the directive have content?
- option_spec = {'align': <function Image.align>, 'alt': <function unchanged>, 'caption': <function unchanged>, 'class': <function class_option>, 'context': <function _option_context>, 'format': <function _option_format>, 'height': <function length_or_unitless>, 'include-source': <function _option_boolean>, 'nofigs': <function flag>, 'scale': <function nonnegative_int>, 'show-source-link': <function _option_boolean>, 'width': <function length_or_percentage_or_unitless>}#
Mapping of option names to validator functions.
- optional_arguments = 2#
Number of optional arguments after the required arguments.
- required_arguments = 0#
Number of required directive arguments.
- matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive.mark_plot_labels(app, document)[source]#
To make plots referenceable, we need to move the reference from the "htmlonly" (or "latexonly") node to the actual figure node itself.
- matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive.out_of_date(original, derived, includes=None)[source]#
Return whether derived is out-of-date relative to original or any of the RST files included in it using the RST include directive (includes). derived and original are full paths, and includes is optionally a list of full paths which may have been included in the original.
- matplotlib.sphinxext.plot_directive.render_figures(code, code_path, output_dir, output_base, context, function_name, config, context_reset=False, close_figs=False, code_includes=None)[source]#
Run a pyplot script and save the images in output_dir.
Save the images under output_dir with file names derived from output_base