On Dec 24, 2009, at 4:21 AM, Dominik Szczerba wrote: > OK I started hacking and added a color_cycle property to matplotlibrc. > Would you be so kind to add this fix to the official version? Thanks! > Dominik > > $ diff -w axes.py axes.py.org > 135,137c135 > < # DSZ take defaultColors from rcParams > < # defaultColors = ['b','g','r','c','m','y','k'] > < defaultColors = rcParams['axes.color_cycle'] > - --- >> defaultColors = ['b','g','r','c','m','y','k'] > > > $ diff -w rcsetup.py rcsetup.py.org > 442,443d441 > < # DSZ add color_cycle property > < 'axes.color_cycle' : [['b','g','r','c','m','y','k'], > validate_stringlist], > > > > Add to custom matplotlibrc as e.g.: > > axes.color_cycle : w, w, w, w, w, w, w >
Hey Dominik, I'd also like to see the default color_cycle be customizeable. But, if I'm not mistaken, this approach doesn't quite do what you want (at least it doesn't on a recent version of mpl). The problem is that the color given by lines.color (rcParam) sort of overrides the first color in the specified color cycle (see ``_process_plot_var_args._clear_color_cycle`` in axes.py). It seems important for lines.color and the first color in the color cycle to match since this matching is also enforced in ``axes.set_default_color_cycle``, except in reverse (the first color in the color cycle overrides line.color). If both lines.color and axes.color_cycle (or maybe lines.color_cycle) are rcParams, there would be issues with how to match the two (e.g. which takes precedence if they differ). As I said earlier, I'd like to see this change made, but I think it may change the current behavior. Maybe a mpl developer could weigh in? -Tony
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