Re: [Matplotlib-users] matplotlib user interface issues

[Perry G. <pe...@st...>]

On Dec 1, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Alan G Isaac wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Perry Greenfield apparently wrote:
>> 3) Tick control can be awkward if one simply wants to add an integral
>> number of minor ticks to the chosen major tick interval. Currently
>> using minor ticks forces one to access the plot objects, and specify
>> the major tick interval as well. It would be nice if one could just 
>> ask
>> for n minor ticks for each major tick interval by using the 
>> appropriate
>> keyword (name tbd). Some illustrations of possible alternatives:
>
>> plot(x, y, xmajor=5)
>> plot(x, y, xmajor=5, xminor=1)
>> plot(x, y, xminordiv=5) # 5 minor ticks per major
>
> The basic idea is very useful, but I think it is more common
> to specify the number of subdivisions rather than the number
> of tic marks.  (E.g., 'freq' in gnuplot or 'minordiv' in
> GAUSS.)  Maybe that's what you meant?  I do not know the
> Matlab convention.
>
Yes, you are right, I meant number of subdivisions.