Re: [matplotlib-devel] Better defaults all around?

2014-11-26 Thread Nathaniel Smith
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Todd wrote: > On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 12:22 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> >> - Default line colors: The rgbcmyk color cycle for line plots doesn't >> appear to be based on any real theory about visualization -- it's just >> the corners of the RGB color cube, which

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Better defaults all around?

2014-11-26 Thread Derek Homeier
On 26 Nov 2014, at 07:53 pm, Chris Barker wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:30 AM, Todd wrote: >> About this, I am not expert so forgive me if this is nonsensical. However, >> it would seem to me that these requirements are basically the same as the >> requirements for the new default colorm

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Better defaults all around?

2014-11-26 Thread Chris Barker
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:30 AM, Todd wrote: > About this, I am not expert so forgive me if this is nonsensical. > However, it would seem to me that these requirements are basically the same > as the requirements for the new default colormap that prompted this whole > discussion. So, rather than

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Bloomberg Open source sprint, London, November 29-30 2014

2014-11-26 Thread Jens Nielsen
Hi Phil, I am in London but busy with other stuff on Saturday. I might be able to join in on Sunday. best Jens On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Phil Elson wrote: > There will be an open source Python sprint, hosted by Bloomberg, this > weekend in London. The event will be attended by core dev

[matplotlib-devel] Bloomberg Open source sprint, London, November 29-30 2014

2014-11-26 Thread Phil Elson
There will be an open source Python sprint, hosted by Bloomberg, this weekend in London. The event will be attended by core developers of many of the major scientific Python packages (IPython, numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn) who will act as mentors to those who would like to get involved in the

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Better defaults all around?

2014-11-26 Thread Todd
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 12:22 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > - Default line colors: The rgbcmyk color cycle for line plots doesn't > appear to be based on any real theory about visualization -- it's just > the corners of the RGB color cube, which is a highly perceptually > non-uniform space. The re