[yt-dev] Change the default plot size?

[John Wise]

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.

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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John Wise
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