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

[Helge A. <av...@bc...>]

On 3/22/06, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote:
> unintuitive.  Maybe we could find better names than 'equal' and
> 'scaled', for example.  Even with the docstrings, I have a hard time
> keeping track of which is supposed to do what.

Hi,
I think it would be nice if pylab "semantics" were kept close to matlab.
Maybe for instance axis('scaled') could be renamed to axis('image'), and
use similar wording as mathworks documentation in the docstrings?

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/techdoc/ref/axis.html

Helge