Re: [matplotlib-devel] should set_xlim turn off x autoscaling?

[butterw <bu...@gm...>]

Rather than changing the existing xlim, it would be better to create a new
command xlim2 with the desired behaviour (if needed).



efiring wrote:
> 
> The present behavior of set_xlim and set_ylim can be surprising because 
> making the values stick for subsequent plotting in the same axes 
> requires manually calling set_autoscalex_on(False) etc.  It would seem 
> more logical if set_xlim itself included the call to turn autoscalex 
> off--isn't that what a user would almost always want and expect?
> 
> Rectifying this would constitute a significant change affecting some 
> existing user code.
> 
> What are people's thoughts on this?  Should the change made?  If so, do 
> it abruptly, right now, as part of version 1.0?  Or phase it in with a 
> temporary kwarg and/or rcparam?  It would be nice to avoid all that 
> complexity, but may be we can't, except by leaving everything as it is
> now.
> 
> Eric
> 

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