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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"some problem in eps file","articleBody":"I think that is a matplotlib characteristic, when one draw a plot\r\n\r\n```python\r\nimport numpy as np\r\nimport matplotlib.pyplot as plt\r\nx = np.linspace(0, 10, 500)\r\ndashes = [10, 5, 100, 5]  # 10 points on, 5 off, 100 on, 5 off\r\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\r\nline1, = ax.plot(x, np.sin(x), '--', linewidth=2,\r\n                 label='Dashes set retroactively')\r\nline1.set_dashes(dashes)\r\nline2, = ax.plot(x, -1 * np.sin(x), dashes=[30, 5, 10, 5],\r\n                 label='Dashes set proactively')\r\nplt.xlim(1, 9)\r\nax.legend(loc='lower right')\r\nplt.savefig('test1.eps', dpi=1000)\r\n```\r\n\r\nset the xlim will force the X-axis within 1-9, the line segment outside 1-9 hide, but it just hide not be clipped, **I don't know how can i actually clip elements with axes extent.**\r\n\r\nI use Adobe Illustrator to open eps file. \r\nYou see it is fine,\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12339722/28252661-ec331396-6ac9-11e7-8944-317606ef6136.png)\r\nBut actually it is,\r\n![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/12339722/28252664-f635dd24-6ac9-11e7-9870-076d9f0ff320.png)\r\n\r\nIn sometimes, this characteristic is very useful, for example, if one use `plt.show()` to use the interactive mode, one can drag the canvas to left or to right to see the whole line in the range 0-10.\r\n\r\nBut in eps file, i do not think this characteristic reasonably, it typically increases the eps file size.\r\n**Is it a method to change this behavior ?**\r\n\r\nMatplotlib: `1.5.X` or `2.0.X`\r\nOS: `Windows 10`  or `CentOS`\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/wqshen","@type":"Person","name":"wqshen"},"datePublished":"2017-07-17T00:32:43.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/8901/matplotlib/issues/8901"}