i like the module-based idea. its a bit overkill for the functionality
needed, but the concise call makes it very convenient. also,
installation and updating would be easy through pip/easy_install.
should i start a google-code project? or does someone have a preferred
way to start this?
alex
On Fri, 2011-04-15 at 14:09 -0400, Tony Yu wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Auré Gourrier
> <aurelien.gourr...@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Good Idea !
> I'm also using mpl for other publications than ieee and it
> sounds like a small mplrc data base with targeted journal
> specifications would be worthwhile doing ! I would be ready to
> contribute.
> Cheers,
> Auré
>
>
>
>
> Is there any reason this needs to done with rc files? I prefer to put
> document-specific configuration into modules. For example, you could
> have a module that looks like:
>
> mplrc/
> __init__.py
> aps_fullpage.py
> aps_twocolumn.py
> ieee.py
> ...
>
> (`aps` could even be directory). And each module would set rc
> parameters using function calls; for example, aps_twocolumn.py might
> look like:
>
> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
> plt.rc('axes', labelsize=10)
> plt.rc('text', fontsize=10)
> plt.rc('legend', fontsize=10)
> plt.rc('xtick', labelsize=8)
> plt.rc('ytick', labelsize=8)
> plt.rc('text', usetex=False)
> plt.rc('figure', figsize=(3.4039, 2.1037))
>
> (Alternatively, you could create a separate rc file and just have the
> module load that rc file). The advantage of this module-based approach
> is that you could simply import the module whenever you need it (e.g.,
> just add `import mplrc.aps_twocolumn` at the top of your script). If I
> used an rc file instead, I'd have to copy the rc file to my working
> directory each time, or somehow, manually load the rc file from a
> path.
>
> Just a suggestion.
>
> -Tony
>
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