On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:14 PM, Daniel J Sebald <daniel.seb...@ieee.org>wrote:

> Shai Ayal wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Daniel J Sebald <daniel.seb...@ieee.org>
> wrote:
> > and also I'm not sure that
> > marker size is consistent across backends. for the open-gl based
> > backends (currently fltk) markersize is in points (i.e. 1/72 inch),
> > assuming 72dpi for the screen.
>
> That is likely where the 6 comes from, i.e., 6/72 in (1/12 in) seems a good
> default


MATLAB also uses a default marker size of 6 and specifies the marker size in
1/72-inch points.  I'm not sure if this was done for MATLAB compatibility
but it seems likely.

Joe V.
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