Re: [Matplotlib-users] imshow and colors

[Peter G. <pgr...@ge...>]

John Hunter wrote:

>>>>>>"Peter" == Peter Groszkowski <pgr...@ge...> writes:
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>    Peter> Yes, thanks.  Just one more question. Recently (in the last
>    Peter> couple of versions I think), there has been a change and
>    Peter> now the 'o' line markers (circles) are filled in by
>    Peter> default.  For example:
>
>    Peter>     plot(xp,yp,'ok')
>
>    Peter> gives sold black circles.
>
>Just do
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> >>> plot(x, y, 'ok', markerfacecolor=None)
>
>  
>
Aghh.. yes. Thanks.

>This raises the question of what the default behavior of plot should
>be.  If you say
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> >>> plot(x, y, 'ro')
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>should the red apply to the facecolor, edgecolor, or both? 
>
I think both is good. It seems like it's really easy to change in any case.

>I could add some aliases like mfc=markerfacecolor, ec=edgecolor,
>lw=linewidth if people often find themselves overriding the defaults
>and think these are useful shortcuts. 
>
Might be a good idea.

On another note, interesting to see how much matplotlib has matured in 
the last six months. Great job John!

Peter