We've had several users come to the same (incorrect) conclusion so I'd have to say it's not a rare occurrence for those comments to be misunderstood. Perhaps adding "total" in front of length would help.
width- The total width of the ellipse > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Droettboom [mailto:md...@stsci.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 6:59 AM > To: Eero Nevalainen > Cc: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Drawing Error Ellipses > > Eero Nevalainen wrote: > >> 2) forgot a factor 2 for the width and height (it's the entire width > >> not the `radius`) > >> > > > > I'd even say that this is a documentation bug in the Ellipse class. > > Too bad that they are multiplying by 0.5 inside their code :P > > > Well, it's not a good idea to change the existing behavior now, but we > can improve the documentation. What would you suggest? Would you > prefer to see the word "diameter" in there explicitly somehow? > > It currently says: > > *width* > length of horizontal axis > > *height* > length of vertical axis > > Mike > > -- > Michael Droettboom > Science Software Branch > Operations and Engineering Division > Space Telescope Science Institute > Operated by AURA for NASA > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart > your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and > stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
