#2100: sensible defaults for aspect ratio
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Reporter: jason | Owner: was
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.6
Component: graphics | Keywords:
Author: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Comment(by jason):
|| Matplotlib aspect ratio setting || Matplotlib adjustable setting ||
Mathematica
[http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/search/opensearch?q=wiki%3AAspectRatio
AspectRatio] setting || Explanation ||
|| 'auto' || doesn't seem to matter || Full || Make the current data
limits fill the available sized box ||
|| 'equal' or 1 || 'box' || Automatic || Make each pixel be square (aspect
ratio 1) ||
|| || || || ||
It appears that specifying a number in matplotlib ('box' adjustable) makes
the *pixels* have a certain height-to-width ratio (e.g., a circle in the
picture will appear to have the given aspect ratio), but in Mathematica, a
number specifies the overall ratio of the *image* height-to-width. Thus
the numbers are not directly comparable.
Plus, in matplotlib, you can have the 'datalim' be adjustable, which
changes the data limits on your plot to make the pixels have a certain
aspect ratio.
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