Re: [matplotlib-devel] Setting default labelpad

[Peter S. J. <pet...@gm...>]

Finally made this into a patch to allow the dynamic updating of the
axes.labelpad parameter.
Hope this is in the appropriate format!

Thanks,
-- Peter


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Peter St. John <pet...@gm...>
wrote:

> Hi Matplotlib-users,
>
> I found it was useful to be able to change the default 'Axis.labelpad'
> parameter, since this value didn't scale when changing the default figure
> size (in my opinion its easier to prepare figures for publication assuming
> they'll need to fit in a 1-column figure). I don't consider myself
> experienced enough to attempt to contribute a patch, but nevertheless here
> is the hack I used in case anyone has a similar problem:
>
> axis.py, line 652:
> original: self.labelpad = 5
> changed : self.labelpad = rcParams['axes.labelpad']
>
> Then, in rcsetup.py, I added the line (at 578):
>     'axes.labelpad' :        [5.0, validate_float],
>
> This lets you put
> axes.labelpad       : 3
> for instance, in your matplotlibrc to change the default label padding.
>
> Anyways, not sure if this is the right mailing list for this type of
> thing, but just thought I'd contribute it nevertheless.
>
> Best,
> -- Peter
>