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Phlya / adjustText

A small library for automatically adjustment of text position in matplotlib plots to minimize overlaps.
https://adjusttext.readthedocs.io/
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Is it possible to arrange the annotation in an ordered way? #115

Closed zhijun888 closed 10 months ago

zhijun888 commented 3 years ago

Hi, Thanks for the excellent code, which is mainly used to avoid the overlap of the annotations. However, the derived arrangement of these annotations might look a bit messy, although they have been clearly separated from each other. Therefore, can we control the direction of the movement during the optimization to ensure the final output looks ordered, such as in a clockwise or fish-bone placement?

Thanks a lot! Zhijun

Phlya commented 3 years ago

Hi Zhijun,

Sorry, no, that is not possible at the moment.

zhijun888 commented 3 years ago

Hi Zhijun,

Sorry, no, that is not possible at the moment.

Thanks for the clarifying, Phlya. But I wonder if I can access the source code of this lib and make some trials? since the current code already allows the movement in a certain direction like x or y, so it seems possible to apply other constraints on the movement of the texts.

Regards Zhijun

Phlya commented 3 years ago

Certainly, that's why it's on GitHub! I'll be happy to see any PRs that improve the functionality.

zhijun888 commented 3 years ago

Certainly, that's why it's on GitHub! I'll be happy to see any PRs that improve the functionality.

OK, but how can i make some modification or edit? Thanks Phlya.

Phlya commented 3 years ago

Here is one of the guides I found online about how it works: https://opensource.com/article/19/7/create-pull-request-github