[Matplotlib-users] default value of legend.numpoints

[Steve W. <pla...@gm...>]

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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

ax = plt.subplot(1,1,1)

x = [0.1, 0.3, 2.6, 3.3]
y = [25.4, 18.9, 13.5, 12.6]

ax.plot(x, y, marker="s", label='foo', linestyle="None")
#ax.plot(x, y, marker="s", label='foo')

#leg = ax.legend(numpoints=1, title='legend title')
leg = ax.legend(title='legend title')

print(leg.numpoints)

plt.show()

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Why does legend.numpoints default to 2?  It looks much better when it's 1.

I'm using matplotlib version 0.99.3.


Steve