Re: [matplotlib-devel] Change to aspect ratio handling

[Eric F. <ef...@ha...>]

Jeff,

Jeff Whitaker wrote:

> 
> Eric:  It occurred to me that there are actually 9 possibilities for 
> adjusting the location of the plot in the bounding box after fixing the 
> aspect ratio.  Here's a patch to this morning's svn axes.py that adds 
> the other 7 possibilities.  Does this make sense to you?  If so, I can 
> go ahead and apply it.
> 
> -Jeff

Thanks, but I think it would be better to hold off.

This possibility did occur to me, but I originally left it out to keep 
things simple, both in the API and in the code. (My inclination was 
actually to make centering standard, and not even offer the 
corner-anchoring.) I think that perhaps this sort of positioning 
functionality should be factored out.  Resizing and repositioning are 
more generally useful; for example, they are used in the colorbar 
function.  I would like to take a look at this broader question before 
finalizing the axes aspect ratio handling.

Eric