On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Alan G Isaac <ais...@american.edu> wrote:

> I love Matplotlib.
>
> That said, I find the indexing subplots to be an annoyance,
> because it uses MATLAB conventions rather than Python
> conventions for indexing.  I think moving this convention
> into the OO API was a mistake.
>
> Since Matplotlib is not yet 1.0,
> I am suggesting that this be "fixed".
> I understand this will cause some pain.
>
> If it cannot be fixed due to code breakage,
> how about an "origin" keyword, that can be 0 or 1?


I feel your pain.  However, I'm not sure if I like the idea of changing the
API or not, but if you're suggesting changing this:

subplot(2,2,1)

to:

subplot(2, 2, 0, origin=0)

I'm -1 on it.  IMO, the solution is worse than the original problem.

Ryan

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Ryan May
Graduate Research Assistant
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma
Sent from Norman, Oklahoma, United States
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