This is matplotlib2tikz, a Python script for converting matplotlib figures into native
TikZ figures.

To download matplotlibtikz, go to its page on GitHub
http://github.com/nicki/matplotlib2tikz.

The workflow is as follows.

  0.) a) Place the matplotlib2tikz script in a directory where Python can find it
         (e.g., $PYTHONPATH).
      b) Make sure that your LaTeX installation includes the packages

            tikz (aka pgf, >=2.00)

	 and

	    pgfplots (>=1.3).

  1.) Generate your matplotlib plot.

  2.) Instead of pyplot.show(), invoke matplotlib2tikz by

        matplotlib2tikz( 'myfile.tikz' );

      to store the TikZ file as myfile.tikz. Don't forget to load the libary:

        from matplotlib2tikz import matplotlib2tikz

      Optional:
      The scripts accepts several options, for example 'height', 'width', 'encoding', and some more. Invoke by

        matplotlib2tikz( 'myfile.tikz', figureheight='4cm', figurewidth='3in' )

      To specify the dimension of the plot from within the LaTeX document, try
        
	matplotlib2tikz( 'myfile.tikz', figureheight='\figureheight', figurewidth='\figurewidth' )

      and in the LaTeX source
 
        \newlength\figureheight
        \newlength\figurewith
        \setlength\figureheight{4cm}
	\setlength\figurewidth{6cm}
	\input{myfile.tikz}

  3.) Add the contents of myfile.tikz into your LaTeX source code; a
      convenient way of doing so is to use \input{/path/to/myfile.tikz}.
      Also make sure that at the header of your document the packages tikz and
      pgfplots are included:

          \usepackage{pgfplots}

      and optionally (as of Pgfplots 1.3)

          \pgfplotsset{compat=newest}


If you would like to contribute, experience bugs, have nice examples of
what matplotlib2tikz can do, or if you are just looking for more
information, then please visit the web page of
matplotlib2tikz http://github.com/nicki/matlab2tikz.