[yt-dev] Change the default plot size?

[Nathan Goldbaum]

On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 11:42 AM, John Wise <jwise at physics.gatech.edu>wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
>
> I think the default image size is fine at 1000x1000px, which fits on a
> 1920x1080 screen nicely.  Screen resolution is going to continue
> increasing, and I don't think it's a good idea to decrease the default.  If
> anything, it should increase in the future.  For data inspection, I'd
> rather scroll around large (e.g. 4000x4000) image than zooming/re-centering
> a 600x600 image numerous times.
>
> Also, I agree with Matt that we shouldn't be optimizing for notebook
> operation yet.  Although notebooks are great for interactivity, I find it
> painfully slow to edit and re-run scripts (even with keyboard shortcuts)
> when compared to an editor + image viewer.
>
> Is there a way to make the plot window aware that it's embedded in a
> notebook and adjust the default image size accordingly?  I think that would
> be a good plan, if it's technically possible.
>

Unfortunately no.  See this e-mail thread:
http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/ipython-dev/2014-February/013234.html

We could scale down the plot using css, but I don't think that's a good
solution since it will make the axes text, tick marks, and colorbar label
harder to read.


>
> Cheers,
> John
>
>
> On 03/16/2014 01:42 PM, Nathan Goldbaum wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I recently opened a PR that fixes a number of bugs in yt's plotting
>> code.  Hopefully this will fix many common visual issues that show up in
>> yt plots.
>>
>> As part of the PR I decided to change the default size of yt plots from
>> 8 inches to 6.  My justification is that the current default will create
>> a plot that overflows an IPython notebook output cell, particularly on
>> small displays.
>>
>> The PR is here:
>> https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-request/723/
>> fixing-some-longstanding-issues-with-plot/diff#comment-1433174
>>
>> The discussion about the figure size is here:
>> https://bitbucket.org/yt_analysis/yt/pull-request/723/
>> fixing-some-longstanding-issues-with-plot/diff#comment-1432943
>>
>> As I mention in the PR description I'm willing to back down on this
>> change if the consensus is that this is a bad idea.
>>
>> Matt has already come out against the change, but before I revert it I
>> wanted to bring it up here and get opinions from other people.
>>
>> Thanks for your help :)
>>
>> -Nathan
>>
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