[yt-dev] Small change for default plot style

[Michael Zingale]

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 at gmail.com> wrote:

> +0
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at 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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