TJ, I think this current implementation and adding a marker rotation key word would be wonderful. When I get stuck doing GIS work, I end up using split markers very often. It's quite useful.
Now's probably not the time, but maybe dividing the markers up into 2, 3, or 4 sections would be useful too. But perhaps at that point it'd be easier to create half and quarter markers and then rotate accordingly as the user makes multiple calls to plot. I dunno...just thinking aloud. This is a great contribution. Thanks a lot! -paul > -----Original Message----- > From: T J [mailto:tjhn...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 4:00 PM > To: Matplotlib Users > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] half-filled markers, two-colors > > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 2:49 PM, T J <tjhn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I ran across: > > > > http://old.nabble.com/half-filled-markers-td24003576.html > > > > The name "fillstyle" can give the wrong impression about what is being > > filled. For example, see the comment here: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/matplotlib- > us...@lists.sourceforge.net/msg13074.html > > > > It's probably too late, but would "markerfillstyle" be a better name > for this? > > > > Also, the current implementation fills half of the marker with the > > markerfacecolor and doesn't fill the marker at all for the other half. > > I think a neat (and simple) feature would be for users to specify two > > colors. Perhaps 'markerfacecolor2'. The change to the code is > > minimal, but the functionality it brings is quite flexible. > > markerfacecolor2 can default to 'none' to maintain current > > functionality. > > > > Should I file a ticket for this? > > > > I went ahead and implemented this. The user can now specify > 'markercoloralt'. In the process, I finished the "half-marker" code > for all remaining filled_markers. The diff is attached, which also > includes a fix for bug #560720: > > > https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2952236&group_id=80706&a > tid=560720 > > Please comment. If there are no comments in a few days, I'll file a > ticket. > > A picture demonstrating this functionality is attached. Demos for all > filled markers can be obtained here: > > http://www.filedropper.com/filledmarkers > > Note, the diff contains the script used to generate the pictures. More > generally, I wonder if there should be a 'markerangle' keyword. I can > probably push through and implement this, but I'd like to hear what > people think about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
