Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib dropping points in complex plot?

[Michael D. <md...@st...>]

Good find.  The comment is out of date.  It is now followed in all 
backends.  I will update the template.

Mike

Eric Firing wrote:
> Michael Droettboom wrote:
>> You can set the rcParam "path.simplify" to False to turn off this 
>> behavior.
>
> Mike,
>
> The matplotlibrc.template indicates that this is effective only for 
> vector backends; is the template comment incorrect?
>
> Eric
>
> #path.simplify : False  # When True, simplify paths in vector 
> backends, such as
>                         # PDF, PS and SVG
> #path.simplify_threshold : 0.1  # The threshold of similarity below which
>                                 # vertices will be removed in the 
> simplification
>                                 # process
>

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Michael Droettboom
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Space Telescope Science Institute
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