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Expand Up @@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ simplification) and another style for publication quality plotting
:doc:`/tutorials/introductory/customizing` for instructions on
how to perform these actions.


The simplification works by iteratively merging line segments
into a single vector until the next line segment's perpendicular
distance to the vector (measured in display-coordinate space)
Expand All @@ -67,18 +66,14 @@ is greater than the ``path.simplify_threshold`` parameter.
parameters prior to 2.1, but rendering time for some kinds of
data will be vastly improved in versions 2.1 and greater.

Marker simplification
---------------------

Markers can also be simplified, albeit less robustly than
line segments. Marker simplification is only available
to :class:`~matplotlib.lines.Line2D` objects (through the
``markevery`` property). Wherever
:class:`~matplotlib.lines.Line2D` construction parameters
are passed through, such as
:func:`matplotlib.pyplot.plot` and
:meth:`matplotlib.axes.Axes.plot`, the ``markevery``
parameter can be used::
Marker subsampling
------------------

Markers can also be simplified, albeit less robustly than line
segments. Marker subsampling is only available to `.Line2D` objects
(through the ``markevery`` property). Wherever `.Line2D` construction
parameters are passed through, such as `.pyplot.plot` and `.Axes.plot`,
the ``markevery`` parameter can be used::

plt.plot(x, y, markevery=10)

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