""" ====================== Frontpage plot example ====================== This example reproduces the frontpage simple plot example. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import matplotlib.cbook as cbook import numpy as np with cbook.get_sample_data('membrane.dat') as datafile: x = np.fromfile(datafile, np.float32) # 0.0005 is the sample interval fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.plot(x, linewidth=4) ax.set_xlim(5000, 6000) ax.set_ylim(-0.6, 0.1) ax.set_xticks([]) ax.set_yticks([]) fig.savefig("membrane_frontpage.png", dpi=25) # results in 160x120 px image