[Matplotlib-users] tuple-marker in style sheet

[Julian Gethmann]

On 08/09/2017 04:17 PM, Benjamin Root wrote:
> This *might* be fixed in master. Which version of matplotlib are you using?
Ah, ok. I tested it with matplotlib 2.0.2 (anaconda Python 3.6.2 build)
> 
> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 7:54 AM, Julian Gethmann <
> mail.python.org at gethmann.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hallo,
>>
>> is it possible, and if so how, to define a marker with the tuple
>> definition (numsides, style, angle) [1] inside a style sheet (or
>> matplotlibrc)?
>>
>> For normal markers I use the axes.prop_cycle like
>> ```
>> axes.prop_cycle: cycler("marker", ["x", "+", "1"])
>> ```
>> . If I now want to insert a tuple like marker,
>> ```
>> axes.prop_cycle: cycler("marker", ["x", "+", (5, 2, 1)])
>> ```
>>   then it is being transformed into a string `"(5, 2, 1)"`.
>> If I don't use parenthesis like in other tuple values in the matplotlibrc
>> (e. g. `#lines.dashed_pattern : 2.8, 1.`[2]) then it is interpreted as
>> three different marker styles which do not exist [3].
>>
>> [1] http://matplotlib.org/api/markers_api.html
>> [2] http://matplotlib.org/_static/matplotlibrc
>> [3] in my example: `ValueError: Unrecognized marker style 5`
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Julian
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