added support for shape linetype in pyplot

src/backends/pyplot.jl

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ function _initialize_backend(::PyPlotBackend)
     const pycolors = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("matplotlib.colors"))
     const pypath = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("matplotlib.path"))
     const mplot3d = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("mpl_toolkits.mplot3d"))
+    const pypatches = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("matplotlib.patches"))
     # const pycolorbar = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("matplotlib.colorbar"))
   end
 
@@ -71,6 +72,31 @@ function getPyPlotMarker(marker::Shape)
   # marker.vertices
 end
 
+const _path_MOVETO = UInt8(1)
+const _path_LINETO = UInt8(2)
+const _path_CLOSEPOLY = UInt8(79)
+
+# see http://matplotlib.org/users/path_tutorial.html
+# and http://matplotlib.org/api/path_api.html#matplotlib.path.Path
+function buildPyPlotPath(x, y)
+    n = length(x)
+    mat = zeros(n, 2)
+    codes = zeros(UInt8, n)
+    lastnan = true
+    for i=1:n
+        mat[i,1] = x[i]
+        mat[i,2] = y[i]
+        nan = !isfinite(x[i]) || !isfinite(y[i])
+        codes[i] = if nan
+            _path_CLOSEPOLY
+        else
+            lastnan ? _path_MOVETO : _path_LINETO
+        end
+        lastnan = nan
+    end
+    pypath.pymember("Path")(mat, codes)
+end
+
 # get the marker shape
 function getPyPlotMarker(marker::Symbol)
   marker == :none && return " "
@@ -177,6 +203,7 @@ function getPyPlotFunction(plt::Plot, axis::Symbol, linetype::Symbol)
       :surface    => :plot_surface,
       :wireframe  => :plot_wireframe,
       :heatmap    => :pcolor,
+      :shape      => :add_patch,
       # :surface    => pycolors.pymember("LinearSegmentedColormap")[:from_list]
     )
   return ax[get(fmap, linetype, :plot)]
@@ -376,6 +403,12 @@ function _add_series(pkg::PyPlotBackend, plt::Plot; kw...)
   elseif lt == :heatmap
     extra_kwargs[:cmap] = getPyPlotColorMap(d[:fillcolor], d[:fillalpha])
 
+    elseif lt == :shape
+        extra_kwargs[:edgecolor] = getPyPlotColor(d[:markerstrokecolor], d[:markerstrokealpha])
+        extra_kwargs[:facecolor] = getPyPlotColor(d[:markercolor], d[:markeralpha])
+        extra_kwargs[:linewidth] = d[:markerstrokewidth]
+        extra_kwargs[:fill] = true
+
   else
 
     extra_kwargs[:linestyle] = getPyPlotLineStyle(lt, d[:linestyle])
@@ -425,7 +458,7 @@ function _add_series(pkg::PyPlotBackend, plt::Plot; kw...)
 
   # set these for all types
   if !(lt in (:contour,:surface,:wireframe,:heatmap))
-    if !(lt in (:scatter, :scatter3d))
+    if !(lt in (:scatter, :scatter3d, :shape))
       extra_kwargs[:color] = color
       extra_kwargs[:linewidth] = d[:linewidth]
     end
@@ -476,6 +509,11 @@ function _add_series(pkg::PyPlotBackend, plt::Plot; kw...)
     x, y, z = d[:x], d[:y], d[:z].surf'
     plotfunc(heatmap_edges(x), heatmap_edges(y), z; extra_kwargs...)
 
+  elseif lt == :shape
+    path = buildPyPlotPath(d[:x], d[:y])
+    patches = pypatches.pymember("PathPatch")(path; extra_kwargs...)
+    plotfunc(patches)
+
   else # plot
     plotfunc(d[:x], d[:y]; extra_kwargs...)[1]
   end

src/backends/supported.jl

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ supportedArgs(::PyPlotBackend) = [
     :orientation,
   ]
 supportedAxes(::PyPlotBackend) = _allAxes
-supportedTypes(::PyPlotBackend) = [:none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, #:sticks,
+supportedTypes(::PyPlotBackend) = [:none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :shape,
                                    :scatter, :hist2d, :hexbin, :hist, :density, :bar, :box, :violin, :quiver,
                                    :hline, :vline, :contour, :path3d, :scatter3d, :surface, :wireframe, :heatmap]
 supportedStyles(::PyPlotBackend) = [:auto, :solid, :dash, :dot, :dashdot]

src/recipes.jl

@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function apply_series_recipe(d::KW, ::Type{Val{:quiver}})
         nanappend!(pts, P2[p, ppv-U1, ppv-U1+U2, ppv, ppv-U1-U2, ppv-U1])
     end
 
-    d[:x], d[:y] = Plots.unzip(pts)
+    d[:x], d[:y] = Plots.unzip(pts[2:end])
     KW[d]
 end