Re: [Matplotlib-users] Problem saving open symbols in PDF

[Damon M. <dam...@gm...>]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Gökhan Sever <gok...@gm...> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Benjamin Root <ben...@ou...> wrote:
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>> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Gökhan Sever <gok...@gm...>
>> wrote:
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>>> Thanks Mike,
>>>
>>> Another point I noticed is setting linewidth to 0 (in fill_between
>>> function) isn't working as expected when figure is saved as a PDF file.
>>>
>>> I noticed this while posting a sample script on scipy-users:
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>>> http://atmos.uwyo.edu/~gsever/data/test/curvefit_test.py
>>>
>>> Compare the outputs of pdf and png to see the difference that I am
>>> mentioning:
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>>> http://atmos.uwyo.edu/~gsever/data/test/curvefit_test.pdf
>>> http://atmos.uwyo.edu/~gsever/data/test/curvefit_test.png
>>>
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>> Actually, this is not a bug in mpl.  It is a "bug" in various viewers.
>> Some viewers have a "minimum" linewidth and will use that for any requested
>> linewidths smaller than that.  Are you using Apple's Preview?
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>> Cheers!
>> Ben Root
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> Hi Ben,
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> I was guessing the same way, but trying different viewers doesn't make any
> difference:
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> Evince v3.2.1
> Xpdf v3.03
> Okular v0.14.3
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> Could anyone confirm this on a window machine?
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> --
> Gökhan

Confirmed with Preview.app on OS X 10.7.4.

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