John Hunter wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:42 PM, Eric Firing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> This is the kind of thing I would want to look at and test *very* carefully, >> or know that someone like John or Mike has done so--which perhaps one of >> them can do quickly. I have looked at this dpi business with puzzlement >> before; I don't have it all straight in my head; and I would need a chunk of >> time to review it, which I might get in the next day or so, but can't >> guarantee. > > I just committed a fix here -- I renamed the renderer dpi instance to > imagedpi to avoid confusion, and modified the various places in the > artist code (collections, text) which were using renderer.dpi (they > now use figure.dpi). Right now the only backend that was using the > image magnification was backend ps.
Good, thank you. > >> Another aspect of the problem is that at least for use with vector backends, >> specifying lengths in dots is unnatural; and it seems to me like something >> to be avoided when possible even for raster backends. I would argue that >> pad variables should be in physical or relative units, where relative could >> mean relative to the figure size, or to a font em, for example. Specifying >> lengths in dots is just asking for trouble except when the plot is not >> intended to be scaled; when making a small png for the web, precise control >> via lengths in dots may be helpful. > > Yes, certainly points or some other physical dimension is the right > way to specify pads. Where in the code are dots/pixels used? Sorry, I was misremembering; it looks like such cases were purged a long time ago. Eric > > JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
