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Add 'scatter.marker' option to rcParams
bcongdon Apr 23, 2016
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Add 'scatter.marker' to matplotlibrc.template and classic style sheet
bcongdon Apr 26, 2016
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Add 'scatter.marker' to whats_new/rcparams.rst
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions doc/users/whats_new/rcparams.rst
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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ Configuration (rcParams)
+----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|`date.autoformatter.second` | format string for 'second' scale times |
+----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|`scatter.marker` | default marker for scatter plot |
+----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|`svg.hashsalt` | see note |
+----------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+

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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion lib/matplotlib/axes/_axes.py
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Expand Up @@ -3726,7 +3726,7 @@ def dopatch(xs, ys, **kwargs):
'facecolors', 'color'],
label_namer="y")
@docstring.dedent_interpd
def scatter(self, x, y, s=None, c=None, marker='o', cmap=None, norm=None,
def scatter(self, x, y, s=None, c=None, marker=None, cmap=None, norm=None,
vmin=None, vmax=None, alpha=None, linewidths=None,
verts=None, edgecolors=None,
**kwargs):
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scales = s # Renamed for readability below.

# load default marker from rcParams
if marker is None:
marker = rcParams['scatter.marker']

# to be API compatible
if marker is None and not (verts is None):
marker = (verts, 0)
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
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Expand Up @@ -325,6 +325,9 @@ contour.corner_mask : True
# errorbar props
errorbar.capsize: 3

# scatter props
scatter.marker: o

### Boxplots
boxplot.bootstrap: None
boxplot.boxprops.color: b
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
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Expand Up @@ -3138,7 +3138,7 @@ def quiverkey(*args, **kw):
# This function was autogenerated by boilerplate.py. Do not edit as
# changes will be lost
@_autogen_docstring(Axes.scatter)
def scatter(x, y, s=None, c=None, marker='o', cmap=None, norm=None, vmin=None,
def scatter(x, y, s=None, c=None, marker=None, cmap=None, norm=None, vmin=None,
vmax=None, alpha=None, linewidths=None, verts=None, edgecolors=None,
hold=None, data=None, **kwargs):
ax = gca()
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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
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Expand Up @@ -1065,6 +1065,10 @@ def validate_animation_writer_path(p):
'polaraxes.grid': [True, validate_bool], # display polar grid or
# not
'axes3d.grid': [True, validate_bool], # display 3d grid

# scatter props
'scatter.marker': ['o', six.text_type],

# TODO validate that these are valid datetime format strings
'date.autoformatter.year': ['%Y', six.text_type],
'date.autoformatter.month': ['%Y-%m', six.text_type],
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions matplotlibrc.template
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Expand Up @@ -461,6 +461,9 @@ backend : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
# If Numpy 1.11 or later is
# installed, may also be `auto`

### SCATTER PLOTS
#scatter.marker : o # The default marker type for scatter plots.

### Agg rendering
### Warning: experimental, 2008/10/10
#agg.path.chunksize : 0 # 0 to disable; values in the range
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