Merge pull request #1 from nschloe/zorder

adapt zorder

README.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ cpl.plot(x1, y1, "CRV-27")
 x2 = numpy.linspace(0.0, 3.0, 100)
 y2 = 1.6 * x2 / (x2 + 1)
 y2 += 0.1 * numpy.random.rand(len(y2))
-cpl.plot(x2, y2, "CRV27*")
+cpl.plot(x2, y2, "CRV-27*")
 
 cpl.show()
 # cpl.savefig("ex1.svg", transparent=True, bbox_inches="tight")
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Further reading:
 
  * [Randal S. Olson's blog entry](http://www.randalolson.com/2014/06/28/how-to-make-beautiful-data-visualizations-in-python-with-matplotlib/)
  * [prettyplotlib](https://github.com/olgabot/prettyplotlib)
+ * [Wikipedia: Chartjunk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartjunk)
 
 
 ### Testing

cleanplotlib/__init__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from .__about__ import __version__
-from .main import multiplot, plot, show, savefig
+from .main import multiplot, plot, savefig, show
 
 __all__ = ["__version__", "multiplot", "plot", "show", "savefig"]

cleanplotlib/main.py

@@ -82,17 +82,24 @@ def _move_min_distance(targets, min_distance, eps=1.0e-5):
 
 
 def multiplot(
-    x, y, labels, min_label_distance="auto", ygrid=True, fontsize=14, height=5
+    x,
+    y,
+    labels,
+    min_label_distance="auto",
+    ygrid=True,
+    fontsize=14,
+    height=5,
+    alpha=1.4,
 ):
-    p = [plt.plot(xx, yy) for xx, yy in zip(x, y)]
+    n = len(x)
+    p = [plt.plot(xx, yy, zorder=n - k) for k, (xx, yy) in enumerate(zip(x, y))]
 
     fig = plt.gcf()
     fig.set_size_inches(12 / 9 * height, height)
 
     if min_label_distance == "auto":
         # Make sure that the distance is alpha times the fontsize. This needs to be
         # translated into axes units.
-        alpha = 1.7
         fig_height = fig.get_size_inches()[0]
         ax = plt.gca()
         ax_pos = ax.get_position()
@@ -120,12 +127,12 @@ def multiplot(
     plt.xticks(fontsize=fontsize)
     plt.yticks(fontsize=fontsize)
 
-    if ygrid:
-        plt.grid(axis="y", dashes=(10, 10), lw=0.5, color="black", alpha=0.3)
-
     # Don't waste space
     plt.autoscale(tight=True)
 
+    if ygrid:
+        plt.grid(axis="y", dashes=(10, 10), lw=0.5, color="black", alpha=0.3)
+
     # Add "legend" entries.
     targets = [yy[-1] for yy in y]
     idx = _argsort(targets)

setup.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = cleanplotlib
-version = 0.1.0
+version = 0.1.1
 author = Nico Schlömer
 email = [email protected]
 description = Clean line plots

test/test_cleanplotlib.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_plot():
     x2 = numpy.linspace(0.0, 3.0, 100)
     y2 = 1.6 * x2 / (x2 + 1)
     y2 += 0.1 * numpy.random.rand(len(y2))
-    cpl.plot(x2, y2, "CRV27*")
+    cpl.plot(x2, y2, "CRV-27*")
 
     cpl.show()
     # cpl.savefig("ex1.svg", transparent=True, bbox_inches="tight")