[yt-dev] Small change for default plot style

Matthew Turk matthewturk at gmail.com
Wed May 4 17:34:53 PDT 2016


I kinda like it.

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:41 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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