fix #4854: set default numpoints of legend entries to 1

gauteh · gauteh · commit 0ebfc969dd07 · 2015-12-03T10:11:09.000+01:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ legend.fancybox      : False  # if True, use a rounded box for the
                               # legend, else a rectangle
 legend.loc           : upper right
 legend.isaxes        : True   # this option is internally ignored
-legend.numpoints     : 2      # the number of points in the legend line
+legend.numpoints     : 1      # the number of points in the legend line
 legend.fontsize      : large
 legend.borderpad     : 0.4    # border whitespace in fontsize units
 legend.markerscale   : 1.0    # the relative size of legend markers vs. original
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'legend.isaxes': [True, validate_bool],
 
     # the number of points in the legend line
-    'legend.numpoints': [2, validate_int],
+    'legend.numpoints': [1, validate_int],
     # the number of points in the legend line for scatter
     'legend.scatterpoints': [3, validate_int],
     'legend.fontsize': ['large', validate_fontsize],
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 #legend.fancybox      : False  # if True, use a rounded box for the
                                # legend, else a rectangle
 #legend.isaxes        : True
-#legend.numpoints     : 2      # the number of points in the legend line
+#legend.numpoints     : 1      # the number of points in the legend line
 #legend.fontsize      : large
 #legend.borderpad     : 0.5    # border whitespace in fontsize units
 #legend.markerscale   : 1.0    # the relative size of legend markers vs. original
