BUG: in Spine.set_position(), preserve most Axis info.

efiring · efiring · commit 81ea556ee775 · 2014-06-01T13:12:20.000-10:00
Clearing the axis is excessive; calling axis.reset_ticks() seems to be both necessary and sufficient. Closes #2941
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/spines.py b/lib/matplotlib/spines.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ def set_position(self, position):
         self.set_transform(self.get_spine_transform())
 
         if self.axis is not None:
-            self.axis.cla()
+            self.axis.reset_ticks()
 
     def get_position(self):
         """get the spine position"""
