>>> """
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Axes with a fixed physical size
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"""
... 
... import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
... 
... from mpl_toolkits.axes_grid1 import Divider, Size
... 
... ###############################################################################
... 
... 
... fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6, 6))
... 
... # The first items are for padding and the second items are for the axes.
... # sizes are in inch.
... h = [Size.Fixed(1.0), Size.Fixed(4.5)]
... v = [Size.Fixed(0.7), Size.Fixed(5.)]
... 
... divider = Divider(fig, (0, 0, 1, 1), h, v, aspect=False)
... # The width and height of the rectangle are ignored.
... 
... ax = fig.add_axes(divider.get_position(),
...                   axes_locator=divider.new_locator(nx=1, ny=1))
... 
... ax.plot([1, 2, 3])
... 
... ###############################################################################
... 
... 
... fig = plt.figure(figsize=(6, 6))
... 
... # The first & third items are for padding and the second items are for the
... # axes. Sizes are in inches.
... h = [Size.Fixed(1.0), Size.Scaled(1.), Size.Fixed(.2)]
... v = [Size.Fixed(0.7), Size.Scaled(1.), Size.Fixed(.5)]
... 
... divider = Divider(fig, (0, 0, 1, 1), h, v, aspect=False)
... # The width and height of the rectangle are ignored.
... 
... ax = fig.add_axes(divider.get_position(),
...                   axes_locator=divider.new_locator(nx=1, ny=1))
... 
... ax.plot([1, 2, 3])
... 
... plt.show()
...