> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Ryan Wagner<rwag...@vni.com> wrote:
>> When I set the linewidths to 0 (in the patch I'm working on) I get an image 
>> looking like this:
>>
>> http://static.ryanjwagner.com/mpl_patches/lw0.png
>>
>> I don't think this looks correct to me, as I can still see the grid. I have 
>> a workaround in place so if linewidth=0 then the image looks like this:
>>

>Does your workaround work for all supported backends, and with alpha
>less than 1?  If so, what is it?

I believe it will... it is to set the edgecolors (RGBA) of the polygons to that 
of the facecolors. I will certainly test it on all backends and with several 
test cases before submitting anything, but it looks promising so far!

>> http://static.ryanjwagner.com/mpl_patches/lw0_fix.png
>>
>> Would you agree that this should be the expected functionality or should I 
>> leave this alone, or should it be a new keyword?
>
> Perhaps leaving it as it is today for lw=0, but having your behavior
> be the result for lw=None?  I can see people wanting the very fine
> grid that lw=0 gives today, and lw=None to me seems to be very
> explicitly saying 'no lines'.

>Except that in typical mpl usage, None means use a default.
>For colors, 'none' (a string) means no color, so a line should not be
>drawn.  Elsewhere in mpl, lw=0 also means "don't draw it at all", so it
>seems right to me that it should do the same for 3-D.

Seems like we need more discussion about this... anyone else want to chime in? 
I do like Fernando's idea if only to not break backwards compatability...

>Eric

>
> Just an idea...
>
> Cheers,
>
> f
>
> ps - Congrats to all on the release!  You've all done an absolutely
> terriffic job, and the benefits are already becoming obvious with
> these new ideas and contributions.  We'll have to celebrate at scipy
> :)
>
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