def prep_ridge_plotting(self):
'''get the data needed to make a plot of the search'''
wt = self._wtset[0]
ridgewtscatter=[]
for r in self._ridgesset[0]: # r is all ridge candidates
scaleinds=np.where((r!=32767)&(r>=0)) #scaleinds are those that haven't been rejected (set to 32767)
posninds=r[scaleinds] #actual ridge positions
scaleinds_increasingscale=wt.shape[0]-scaleinds[0]-1
motherind=pywaves.motherridgeind_childridge(r)
if motherind is None:
mothertochildplotcoords=None
else:
xmother=ridgewtscatter[motherind][0][-1]
ymother=ridgewtscatter[motherind][1][-1]
xchild=posninds[0]
xchild=self._x[xchild]
ychild=scaleinds_increasingscale[0]
mothertochildplotcoords=([xmother, xchild], [ymother, ychild])#assume that mother ridges always appear in "ridges" before the children ridges
#print x[posninds]
ridgewtscatter+=[(self._x[posninds], scaleinds_increasingscale, wt[(scaleinds_increasingscale, posninds)], mothertochildplotcoords)]
return ridgewtscatter
