I've always wanted to switch from python's matplotlib to ggplot, but never found sufficient advantages to make the switch. Especially considering that I use pyt

I've always wanted to switch from python's matplotlib to ggplot, but never found sufficient advantages to make the switch. Especially considering that I use python for doing data analysis, and pandas+ipython-notebook can be tightly integrated with matplotlib. Plus I've found it easier to create compact figures necessary for academic publishing with matplotlib. ggplot's defaults create graphs that take up too much space!