matplotlib · timhoffm · Sep 11, 2021 · Sep 11, 2021
diff --git a/examples/axes_grid1/inset_locator_demo.py b/examples/axes_grid1/inset_locator_demo.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
                    bbox_transform=ax.transAxes, loc=3)
 
 # For visualization purposes we mark the bounding box by a rectangle
-ax.add_patch(plt.Rectangle((.2, .4), .6, .5, ls="--", ec="c", fc="None",
+ax.add_patch(plt.Rectangle((.2, .4), .6, .5, ls="--", ec="c", fc="none",
                            transform=ax.transAxes))
 
 # We set the axis limits to something other than the default, in order to not
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
                     bbox_transform=ax3.transAxes)
 
 # For visualization purposes we mark the bounding box by a rectangle
-ax2.add_patch(plt.Rectangle((0, 0), 1, 1, ls="--", lw=2, ec="c", fc="None"))
+ax2.add_patch(plt.Rectangle((0, 0), 1, 1, ls="--", lw=2, ec="c", fc="none"))
 ax3.add_patch(plt.Rectangle((.7, .5), .3, .5, ls="--", lw=2,
-                            ec="c", fc="None"))
+                            ec="c", fc="none"))
 
 # Turn ticklabels off
 for axi in [axins2, axins3, ax2, ax3]:

diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/marker_reference.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/marker_reference.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def split_list(a_list):
 fig.suptitle('Mathtext markers', fontsize=14)
 fig.subplots_adjust(left=0.4)
 
-marker_style.update(markeredgecolor="None", markersize=15)
+marker_style.update(markeredgecolor="none", markersize=15)
 markers = ["$1$", r"$\frac{1}{2}$", "$f$", "$\u266B$", r"$\mathcal{A}$"]
 
 for y, marker in enumerate(markers):

diff --git a/examples/shapes_and_collections/compound_path.py b/examples/shapes_and_collections/compound_path.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 path = Path(vertices, codes)
 
-pathpatch = PathPatch(path, facecolor='None', edgecolor='green')
+pathpatch = PathPatch(path, facecolor='none', edgecolor='green')
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 ax.add_patch(pathpatch)

diff --git a/examples/statistics/errorbars_and_boxes.py b/examples/statistics/errorbars_and_boxes.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 
 def make_error_boxes(ax, xdata, ydata, xerror, yerror, facecolor='r',
-                     edgecolor='None', alpha=0.5):
+                     edgecolor='none', alpha=0.5):
 
     # Loop over data points; create box from errors at each point
     errorboxes = [Rectangle((x - xe[0], y - ye[0]), xe.sum(), ye.sum())
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def make_error_boxes(ax, xdata, ydata, xerror, yerror, facecolor='r',
 
     # Plot errorbars
     artists = ax.errorbar(xdata, ydata, xerr=xerror, yerr=yerror,
-                          fmt='None', ecolor='k')
+                          fmt='none', ecolor='k')
 
     return artists
 

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
@@ -3317,8 +3317,7 @@ def errorbar(self, x, y, yerr=None, xerr=None,
             %(Line2D:kwdoc)s
         """
         kwargs = cbook.normalize_kwargs(kwargs, mlines.Line2D)
-        # anything that comes in as 'None', drop so the default thing
-        # happens down stream
+        # Drop anything that comes in as None to use the default instead.
         kwargs = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}
         kwargs.setdefault('zorder', 2)
 

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ def cla(self):
         self.patch = self._gen_axes_patch()
         self.patch.set_figure(self.figure)
         self.patch.set_facecolor(self._facecolor)
-        self.patch.set_edgecolor('None')
+        self.patch.set_edgecolor('none')
         self.patch.set_linewidth(0)
         self.patch.set_transform(self.transAxes)
 

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/lines.py b/lib/matplotlib/lines.py
@@ -1093,15 +1093,15 @@ def set_linestyle(self, ls):
 
             - A string:
 
-              ===============================   =================
-              Linestyle                         Description
-              ===============================   =================
-              ``'-'`` or ``'solid'``            solid line
-              ``'--'`` or  ``'dashed'``         dashed line
-              ``'-.'`` or  ``'dashdot'``        dash-dotted line
-              ``':'`` or ``'dotted'``           dotted line
-              ``'None'`` or ``' '`` or ``''``   draw nothing
-              ===============================   =================
+              ==========================================  =================
+              linestyle                                   description
+              ==========================================  =================
+              ``'-'`` or ``'solid'``                      solid line
+              ``'--'`` or  ``'dashed'``                   dashed line
+              ``'-.'`` or  ``'dashdot'``                  dash-dotted line
+              ``':'`` or ``'dotted'``                     dotted line
+              ``'none'``, ``'None'``, ``' '``, or ``''``  draw nothing
+              ==========================================  =================
 
             - Alternatively a dash tuple of the following form can be
               provided::

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/patches.py b/lib/matplotlib/patches.py
@@ -419,18 +419,15 @@ def set_linestyle(self, ls):
         """
         Set the patch linestyle.
 
-        ===========================   =================
-        linestyle                     description
-        ===========================   =================
-        ``'-'`` or ``'solid'``        solid line
-        ``'--'`` or  ``'dashed'``     dashed line
-        ``'-.'`` or  ``'dashdot'``    dash-dotted line
-        ``':'`` or ``'dotted'``       dotted line
-        ``'None'``                    draw nothing
-        ``'none'``                    draw nothing
-        ``' '``                       draw nothing
-        ``''``                        draw nothing
-        ===========================   =================
+        ==========================================  =================
+        linestyle                                   description
+        ==========================================  =================
+        ``'-'`` or ``'solid'``                      solid line
+        ``'--'`` or  ``'dashed'``                   dashed line
+        ``'-.'`` or  ``'dashdot'``                  dash-dotted line
+        ``':'`` or ``'dotted'``                     dotted line
+        ``'none'``, ``'None'``, ``' '``, or ``''``  draw nothing
+        ==========================================  =================
 
         Alternatively a dash tuple of the following form can be provided::
 

diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -3033,8 +3033,7 @@ def errorbar(self, x, y, z, zerr=None, yerr=None, xerr=None, fmt='',
         had_data = self.has_data()
 
         kwargs = cbook.normalize_kwargs(kwargs, mlines.Line2D)
-        # anything that comes in as 'None', drop so the default thing
-        # happens down stream
+        # Drop anything that comes in as None to use the default instead.
         kwargs = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}
         kwargs.setdefault('zorder', 2)