>> ok. My bad! Sorry. >> I have changed the default to %1.4g so that is matches my usecases *but* I >> agree that correct way to improve it in not that trivial... >> > > > You can control the point at which mpl falls over to scientific > notation. From the matplotlibrc file (see > http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/customizing.html) > > axes.formatter.limits : -7, 7 # use scientific notation if log10 > # of the axis range is smaller than the > # first or larger than the second > > I'm actually surprised you are seeing problems with images of > 1000x1000 -- it makes me suspect you have an older matplotlib version > or an older matplotlibrc laying around because at -7,7, which is the > current default, you should not see exponential formatting until you > get to much larger sizes. > > JDH > I have uncommented the "axes.formatter.limits : -7, 7" line in my matplotlibrc. If have have understood the conclusion of this thread correctly, it should be taken info account quite soon, isn't it?
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