Re: [matplotlib-devel] log scale plots ignore tick_params

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

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, Mike Kaufman wrote:

> On 10/9/12 9:42 PM, Eric Firing wrote:
> > On 2012/10/09 3:03 PM, Mike Kaufman wrote:
>
> >> clf()
> >> x = arange(10)
> >> subplot(211)
> >> plot(x, x)
> >> tick_params(right='off') # works.
> >>
> >> subplot(212)
> >> semilogy(x, x)
> >> tick_params(right='off') # doesn't work!
> >> draw()
> >
> >
> > You need to specify an additional kwarg, which='both'. The default is
> > "major" only, but log axes use minor and major ticks.
>
> You are so right. And now that I think about it, this has bitten me (and
> been solved by me) before. And I think the reason has got to be that the
> regular plot simply doesn't have any minor ticks by default. That's
> bugged me because (correct me if I'm wrong) many of our competitors'
> (e.g. Matlab, IDL) plots do have minor ticks as a default.
>
> What do you think about changing the default of tick_params to 'both',
> and perhaps add minor ticks (I suggest a single minor between each
> major) to regular plots as a default?
>
> M
>
>
>
I'd +1 that MEP.  Though, a place where it might not makes sense is bar
charts.  Something to think about.

Ben Root