def _get_handles(self, handles, texts):
        HEIGHT = self._approx_text_height()

        ret = []   # the returned legend lines

        for handle, label in zip(handles, texts):
            x, y = label.get_position()
            x -= self.handlelen + self.handletextsep
            if isinstance(handle, Line2D):
                ydata = (y-HEIGHT/2)*ones(self._xdata.shape, Float)
                legline = Line2D(self._xdata, ydata)
                legline.update_from(handle)
                self._set_artist_props(legline) # after update
                legline.set_clip_box(None)
                legline.set_markersize(self.markerscale*legline.get_markersize())

                ret.append(legline)
            elif isinstance(handle, Patch):

                p = Rectangle(xy=(min(self._xdata), y-3/4*HEIGHT),
                              width = self.handlelen, height=HEIGHT/2,
                              )
                p.update_from(handle)
                self._set_artist_props(p)
                p.set_clip_box(None)
                ret.append(p)
            elif isinstance(handle, LineCollection):
                ydata = (y-HEIGHT/2)*ones(self._xdata.shape, Float)
                legline = Line2D(self._xdata, ydata)
                self._set_artist_props(legline)
                legline.set_clip_box(None)
                lw = handle.get_linewidth()[0]
                dashes = handle.get_dashes()
                color = handle.get_colors()[0]
                legline.set_color(color)
                legline.set_linewidth(lw)
                legline.set_dashes(dashes)
                ret.append(legline)

            elif isinstance(handle, RegularPolyCollection):

                p = Rectangle(xy=(min(self._xdata), y-3/4*HEIGHT),
                              width = self.handlelen, height=HEIGHT/2,
                              )
                p.set_facecolor(handle._facecolors[0])
                if handle._edgecolors != 'None':
                    p.set_edgecolor(handle._edgecolors[0])
                self._set_artist_props(p)
                p.set_clip_box(None)
                ret.append(p)

	    else:
		ret.append(None)

        return ret

def styles_example(epsoutfile):
    mystyles = ['.', '-', '-"', '_ ', '6_1 ', '- . ']
    count = len(mystyles)
    x1 = 0.8*arange(2)

    g = pyxgraph(xlimits=(-0.1, 1.1), xticks=(0, 1, 1),
                 ylimits=(-1, count), yticks=(0, count-1, 1),
                 ylabel='linestyles', key=None, width=8)

    for i in xrange(count):
        y = ones(2)+i-1 
        g.pyxplot((x1, y), style="l", lw=1, color=0, lt=mystyles[i])
        g.pyxlabel((0.85, i),
                   '\\tt{'+repr(mystyles[i]).replace('_','\\_')+'}',
                   style=[pyx.text.halign.left], graphcoords=True)
        
    g.pyxsave(epsoutfile)

def styles_example(epsoutfile):
    x1 = 0.25*arange(2)
    x2 = x1+0.5-0.125
    x3 = x1+1.0-0.25
    
    g = pyxgraph(xlimits=(-0.1, 1.1), xticks=(0, 1, 1),
                 ylimits=(-1, 12), yticks=(0, 11, 1),
                 ylabel='linestyles', key=None, width=8)
    for i in xrange(12):
        y = ones(2)+i-1 
        g.pyxplot((x1, y), style="l", lw=1, color=0, lt=i)
        g.pyxplot((x2, y), style="l", lw=3, color=0, lt=i)
        g.pyxplot((x3, y), style="l", lw=1, color=0, lt=i, dl=4)
    g.pyxlabel( (0.125,1.05), "lw=1", [pyx.text.halign.center])
    g.pyxlabel( (0.5,1.05), "lw=3", [pyx.text.halign.center])
    g.pyxlabel( (0.875,1.05), "lw=1, dl=4", [pyx.text.halign.center])

    g.pyxsave(epsoutfile)