Good find. The comment is out of date. It is now followed in all backends. I will update the template.
Mike Eric Firing wrote: > Michael Droettboom wrote: >> You can set the rcParam "path.simplify" to False to turn off this >> behavior. > > Mike, > > The matplotlibrc.template indicates that this is effective only for > vector backends; is the template comment incorrect? > > Eric > > #path.simplify : False # When True, simplify paths in vector > backends, such as > # PDF, PS and SVG > #path.simplify_threshold : 0.1 # The threshold of similarity below which > # vertices will be removed in the > simplification > # process > -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. Meet the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & iPhoneDevCamp as they present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://p.sf.net/sfu/creativitycat-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
