On 2012/10/09 4:38 PM, Benjamin Root wrote: > > > On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Mike Kaufman wrote: > > On 10/9/12 9:42 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > > On 2012/10/09 3:03 PM, Mike Kaufman wrote: > > >> clf() > >> x = arange(10) > >> subplot(211) > >> plot(x, x) > >> tick_params(right='off') # works. > >> > >> subplot(212) > >> semilogy(x, x) > >> tick_params(right='off') # doesn't work! > >> draw() > > > > > > You need to specify an additional kwarg, which='both'. The default is > > "major" only, but log axes use minor and major ticks. > > You are so right. And now that I think about it, this has bitten me (and > been solved by me) before. And I think the reason has got to be that the > regular plot simply doesn't have any minor ticks by default. That's > bugged me because (correct me if I'm wrong) many of our competitors' > (e.g. Matlab, IDL) plots do have minor ticks as a default. > > What do you think about changing the default of tick_params to 'both', > and perhaps add minor ticks (I suggest a single minor between each > major) to regular plots as a default? > > M > > > > I'd +1 that MEP. Though, a place where it might not makes sense is bar > charts. Something to think about.
I would not support making minor ticks appear by default on linear axes. I don't think Matlab does it; but more importantly, (1) doing a good job of automatic tick location would get more difficult, and (2) minor ticks on linear axes are usually visual clutter, not good design. Regarding defaulting to "both", the problem is that this would make sense only for some of the parameters. For example, one would not want "both" to be the default when setting tick length, and might not want it when setting width. Granted, there are more options that one typically would want to apply to both than that one would not, so "both" might still be a better default. Eric > > Ben Root > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM > Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly > what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app > Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
