There was a question on the matplotlib-users list about symbols in
scatter, that made me realize that the new "marker = (5,0)" ... syntax,
that I contributed some time ago, were not documented. So I tried to
write a doc string.
Can anyone please check this and add the patch? Btw: shouldn't the
"verts" keyword be removed, since marker=(verts,0) is equivalent ?
Manuel
Index: axes.py
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--- axes.py (revision 4835)
+++ axes.py (working copy)
@@ -4144,10 +4144,22 @@
'p' : pentagram
'h' : hexagon
'8' : octagon
-
- If marker is None and verts is not None, verts is a sequence
- of (x,y) vertices for a custom scatter symbol.
-
+
+ The marker can also be a tuple (numsides, style, angle), which will
+ create a custom, regular symbol.
+
+ numsides is the number of sides
+
+ style is the style of the regular symbol:
+ 0 : a regular polygon
+ 1 : a star-like symbol
+ 2 : an asterisk
+
+ angle is the angle of rotation of the symbol
+
+ Finally, marker can be (verts, 0), verts is a sequence of (x,y)
+ vertices for a custom scatter symbol.
+
s is a size argument in points squared.
Any or all of x, y, s, and c may be masked arrays, in which
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