Re: [Matplotlib-users] lines not shown within transparent marker?

[Benjamin R. <ben...@ou...>]

On Friday, November 26, 2010, C M <cmp...@gm...> wrote:
> This is not important at all and unlikely to be supported, but just
> out of curiosity:
>
> Is it possible to set matplotlib such that, when using the 'o-' marker
> style (marker
> connected by lines) and partially transparent markers, the lines are not shown
> within the transparent  marker?  That is, the lines would stop at the boundary
> of the marker and pick up again at the other side.  This would produce a better
> aesthetic effect, I think, than the lines being seen coursing through the marker
> when the markers are transparent.
>
> Thanks,
> Che
>
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If it is at all possible (and I don't think it can yet), I think it
would be with join styles.  Otherwise, the lines are simply drawn from
point to point and the markers laid on top of that.

Ben Root