Can I give a border (outline) to a line in matplotlib plot function?

Question

I try:

points = [...]
axe.plot([i[0] for i in points], [i[1] for i in points], linestyle=\'-\', linewidth=10, 
color=\'black\', markeredgewidth=2, markeredge         


        

Answer 1

The more general answer is to use patheffects. Easy outlines and shadows (and other things) for any artist rendered with a path.
The matplotlib docs (and examples) are quite accessible.

http://matplotlib.org/users/patheffects_guide.html

http://matplotlib.org/examples/pylab_examples/patheffect_demo.html