#5448: [with patch, needs work] rework save/show in plot, use Matplotlib's axes
code, upgrade matplotlib
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 Reporter:  mhansen      |       Owner:  mhansen   
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned  
 Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  sage-4.1.2
Component:  graphics     |    Keywords:            
 Reviewer:               |      Author:            
   Merged:               |  
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Comment(by jason):

 Replying to [comment:29 kcrisman]:
 > >
 > > > 3. there needs to be a slightly better algorithm for deciding what
 direction the ticks face.  E.g. look at plot(x**3,-1,0).
 > >
 > > Agreed.  Do you have a suggestion?  Maybe if the axis is in the middle
 of the picture, put ticks on both sides, and if it is on the side of the
 picture, put ticks facing inwards?
 > >
 >
 > I thought that was already the convention, but it was screwed up in this
 plot.  I think that in general ticks on the right/top are okay, except
 where the axis is beyond the entire plot.  Probably that isn't the case
 for this plot, but it still looks weird.
 >


 Right now the convention was to put left-facing ticks unless the axis was
 beyond the plot on the right.  Then put right-facing ticks.  In your
 example, the axes were still considered to be inside the plot.



 > >
 > > >
 > > > 4. compare plot(x**4,-1,54) and plot(x**4,-1,55).  Notice how once
 the scientific notation comes into play, matplotlib doesn't label
 correctly.
 > >
 > > As in the top is cut off?  Is that what you are talking about?
 > >
 > > We can change how the labels are printed pretty easily.  What do you
 suggest?
 > >
 >
 > No, I mean that the labels are WRONG.  The scientific notation only
 shows up at the very top e.g. 2e8 or something, and the rest are just 1,
 1.5, etc; certainly the fourth power function does not stay around 1, 1.5
 very long.  Having 2e8 or 1.5e8 is okay, of course.
 >


 I think they mean that the number at the top of the axis shows the units
 of the labels.  You would rather have labels in units of 1 always, I
 presume?

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