On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:19 PM, Michael Droettboom wrote: > I noticed today that the examples in the docs have the ticks on the > outside of the axes. You can see it here: > > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/doc/html/users/pyplot_tutorial.html > > I'm having a terrible time tracking down the cause -- maybe I'm just > not > thinking clearly today. By version bisection, I determined that it > broke with revision 5690: > > > http://matplotlib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/matplotlib?view=rev&revision=5690 > > I've verified this twice (cleaning all build and installation remnants > out in between), and I'm pretty sure that's the revision where > things break. > > But there's nothing in that revision that leaps out as a cause > (particularly since the effect is global and affects plots that > weren't > even updated in that revision).
I think this problem is actually caused by contour_demo.py which sets >>> matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.direction'] = 'out' >>> matplotlib.rcParams['ytick.direction'] = 'out' Every plot called after contour_demo.py will probably have ticks outside of the axes. I think this problem has to do with how Python does imports (I'm on shaky ground here, so my explanation may be wrong). If matplotlib is already imported then a new call to `import matplotlib` doesn't actually do anything. So the above change rcParams never gets reinitialized to the default values. Try adding >>> matplotlib.rcParams['xtick.direction'] = 'in' >>> matplotlib.rcParams['ytick.direction'] = 'in' to the end of contour_demo.py. -Tony > > One other tidbit of information -- the example plots work fine when > called directly. This only seems to affect plots generated for the > docs. > > Any ideas? > > Mike > > -- > Michael Droettboom > Science Software Branch > Operations and Engineering Division > Space Telescope Science Institute > Operated by AURA for NASA > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! > Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, > along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness > and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
