[Matplotlib-devel] Any plans to change the defaults in matplotlibrc

[Isaac Gerg]

This is great.  Stoked about the new updates in 2.0!

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Michael Droettboom <mdroettboom at continuum.io
> wrote:

> The new defaults with 2.0 is to add a fixed amount of visual padding on
> all sides. The amount of padding can be controlled with axes.xmargin and
> axes.ymargin.
>
> Prior to 2.0, the default behavior was to move to “round numbers”, which
> is a lot less predictable.
>
> In either case, the algorithm used to autoscale can be replaced by
> replacing the locator. See the ticker docs.
>
> Mike
> ​
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Isaac Gerg <isaac.gerg at gergltd.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there any way to change the way the autoscale function from rcparams?
>> For my plot(x,y)'s there is too much space on the left and right of my line
>> plots.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Isaac Gerg <isaac.gerg at gergltd.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I've started work on a test script for matplotlibrc files.
>>>
>>> Its here: https://github.com/isaacgerg/matplotlibrc
>>>
>>> Its my plan to continue to update this along with my rc file as I go
>>> along my day.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:57 AM, Isaac Gerg <isaac.gerg at gergltd.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> To add, I should also say you could just paste a URL and it downloads
>>>> the rc file and shows the plots.  Matplotlib makes this easy!
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Isaac Gerg <isaac.gerg at gergltd.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for everyone's replies.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am still perfecting my rc file but am happy to share what I have so
>>>>> far.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://github.com/isaacgerg/matplotlibrc
>>>>>
>>>>> I did a research project a few years ago on color theory and am
>>>>> updating my rc file based on my findings.
>>>>>
>>>>> Additionally, it would be really cool to have some kind of webapp
>>>>> whereby a user uploads their matplotlibrc file and the server generates a
>>>>> set of plots based on it.  I'm happy to take a whack at it if folks want to
>>>>> chime in and email me some example plots to render.  I would keep it to
>>>>> simple plots to start.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am aware of the plotornot "experiment" and also have rolled some of
>>>>> those features into my rc file as well (its very based off of Cam
>>>>> Davidson's)
>>>>>
>>>>> Isaac
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:53 AM, Michael Droettboom <
>>>>> mdroettboom at continuum.io> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The omnibus PR containing most of the style changes for 2.x is here:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/5774
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This isn't everything -- some changes are already in 2.x and master.
>>>>>> Others are in separate PRs with 2.0 as a milestone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The new changes are being made against 2.x and are forward-ported to
>>>>>> master.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, to answer Isaac's original suggestion: if you have a
>>>>>> matplotlibrc that you think would be useful for others, feel free to submit
>>>>>> it as a style.  Since 1.4, we've had a style infrastructure that makes it
>>>>>> easy for users to switch styles.  While the default style has to be very
>>>>>> carefully designed so as to provide "reasonable behavior for the most
>>>>>> common cases", individual styles do not and can be more aggressively
>>>>>> different.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 10:08 PM, OceanWolf <
>>>>>> juichenieder-nabb at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good question... I have gotten a bit out touch with the current
>>>>>>> state of things so I defer to others.  As far as I know the current plans
>>>>>>> at the moment only include changes to the default colormap to viridis, but
>>>>>>> others can get changed as well. feel free to post a link here, or (I guess
>>>>>>> even better), make an issue/or PR (changing rcsetup.py) on github, so that
>>>>>>> we can take it into consideration for 2.0.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Looking at the state of the branches on github I have gotten a bit
>>>>>>> confused with the strategy... now we have 1.5 released and 2.0 marked as a
>>>>>>> copy of 1.5.x bar rc changes, I would have assumed the new rc changes would
>>>>>>> end up in master and then backported to the v2.x branch, but that doesn't
>>>>>>> look like the case... can someone clarify that for me?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> OceanWolf
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 06/01/16 03:26, Isaac Gerg wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Where is the new rcparams?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 9:13 PM, OceanWolf <
>>>>>>> juichenieder-nabb at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Isaac,
>>>>>>>> As it happens, yes, in the upcoming 2.0 release has the sole
>>>>>>>> purpose of changing rcParam defaults, see
>>>>>>>> <http://matplotlib.org/style_changes.html>
>>>>>>>> http://matplotlib.org/style_changes.html for more information.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>> OceanWolf
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 05/01/16 23:31, Isaac Gerg wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was wondering if there are any plans to change some of the
>>>>>>>> defaults in matplotlibrc.  I have created a matplotlibrc file that I find
>>>>>>>> very suitable and wondering if its worth sharing here.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Isaac
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Michael Droettboom
>>>>>> Continuum Analytics
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