Method savefig

site-packages/matplotlib/backends/backend_pdf.py:2479–2509

Saves a :class:`~matplotlib.figure.Figure` to this file as a new page. Any other keyword arguments are passed to :meth:`~matplotlib.figure.Figure.savefig`. Parameters ---------- figure : :class:`~matplotlib.figure.Figure` or int, optional

(self, figure=None, **kwargs)

        return self._file.infoDict

    def savefig(self, figure=None, **kwargs):
        """
        Saves a :class:`~matplotlib.figure.Figure` to this file as a new page.

        Any other keyword arguments are passed to
        :meth:`~matplotlib.figure.Figure.savefig`.

        Parameters
        ----------

        figure : :class:`~matplotlib.figure.Figure` or int, optional
            Specifies what figure is saved to file. If not specified, the
            active figure is saved. If a :class:`~matplotlib.figure.Figure`
            instance is provided, this figure is saved. If an int is specified,
            the figure instance to save is looked up by number.
        """
        if not isinstance(figure, Figure):
            if figure is None:
                manager = Gcf.get_active()
            else:
                manager = Gcf.get_fig_manager(figure)
            if manager is None:
                raise ValueError("No figure {}".format(figure))
            figure = manager.canvas.figure
        # Force use of pdf backend, as PdfPages is tightly coupled with it.
        try:
            orig_canvas = figure.canvas
            figure.canvas = FigureCanvasPdf(figure)
            figure.savefig(self, format="pdf", **kwargs)
        finally:
            figure.canvas = orig_canvas

    def get_pagecount(self):
        """