Fwd: [matplotlib-devel] Call for new style defaults

[Stuart Mumford]

Hello all,

Sorry if you end up with this more than once.

Stuart

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From: Erik Tollerud <erik.t...@gmail.com>
Sent: 15 July 2015 19:46:45 BST
To: astropy-dev <astro...@googlegroups.com>, "ast...@scipy.org" <ast...@scipy.org>
Subject: [astropy-dev] Fwd: [matplotlib-devel] Call for new style defaults

Hello all,

I thought the message below from the matplotlib mailing lists might be of interest to those in our community with strong opinions about plotting styles.  In the next few months there will be a 2.0 release of matplotlib, which will primarily feature new defaults plotting styles (including a new colormap).  The window for community input on these defaults is 1 month, so if you want a say in the new defaults, now's the time, or forever hold your peace (at least until 3.0).

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From: Thomas Caswell <tcas...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 12:11 PM
Subject: [matplotlib-devel] Call for new style defaults
To: "matplotl...@lists.sourceforge.net" <matplotl...@lists.sourceforge.net>, "matplotli...@lists.sourceforge.net" <matplotli...@lists.sourceforge.net>, Matplotlib Users <matplotl...@lists.sourceforge.net>

Hello all,

Following much discussion, we are changing the default color map and styles in the upcoming 2.0 release!

The new default color map will be 'viridis' (aka option D).  I recommend everyone watch Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt's talk from SciPy2015 introducing the new color map and providing an introduction to the math of color perception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAoljeRJ3lU

We are soliciting proposals to change any and all other visual defaults (including adding new rcParams as needed).

If you have a proposal please create a PR or issue with the changes to `rcsetup.py` and `matplotlibrc.template` implementing the changes by August 9, 2015 (1 month from now). Do not worry about updating any failing tests.  

At the end, Micheal Droettboom and I will decide on the new defaults.

A 'classic' style will be provided so reverting to the current default values will be a single line of python (`mpl.style.use('classic')`).

Please distribute this as widely as possible.  We only want to do this once and want to get feedback from as many users as possible.

Thomas Caswell

PS jet is harmful to you and those around you

See https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/4622 for an example proposal PR.

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