I'm fine either way.  I can see advantages to this new method.  On the topic of plot styles, is putting the colorbar right up against the plot a desired yt feature?  I've always thought that makes it harder to understand.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:54 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels@gmail.com> wrote:

+0

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,

On a whim I just tried out matplotlib's master branch, which includes the changes to the default plot style that will be in matplotlib 2.0.

One of the things they changed is the way tickmarks are displayed. Currently, they go *inwards* in a plot, in matplotlib 2.0 they will go *outwards*.

Changes to matplotlib shouldn't trigger changes to yt plots just because matplotlib changed, but perhaps we should purposefully adopt this change, since it can make plots easier to read.

To make that concrete, here's a plot I just made using yt and matplotlib's master branch:

http://imgur.com/BtEWO3U

I don't understand why the fonts aren't correct - that will be fixed - but as far as the tickmarks go, I actually kind of like this. I think it's easier to read, especially for dark colormaps.

What do you all think? What do you think about adopting outward pointing tickmarks for yt plots?

-Nathan

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