A couple of days ago I wrote to sage-support complaining about margins on plots -- I think they are too big. Ironically, it seems that vanilla matplotlib is even worse for this in some respects, but sage does a couple of funny things that I'd like a plotting guru to look at. It seems there is a couple of rather arbitrary adjustments to min/max parameters. I think that each one of these adjustments should be reconsidered. I attached a patch file which fixes my most immediate gripes -- I don't necessarily mean it as a patch to go upstream yet, but to generate discussion with the relevant person (Alex Clemesha?) to come up with a correct fix.
(Warning: Slight rant ahead) I agree that the results might be pleasing to the eye when you are just throwing up a quick graph on screen, but I abhor arbitrary adjustments when I'm trying to make publication quality .eps files. For myself, the publication quality graphics is the dominant use of a CAS plotting ability. Therefore, I think this needs to be very well supported mode. In this case, you are probably using latex and latex makes it's own margin around a figure. To make an extra margin messes with the all-knowing-wisdom of latex. I'm probably preaching to the choir in this paragraph, but I've been seriously aggravated at every graphics engine I've used on similar points to these. I'm hoping sage will be my panacea -- and it's looking likely! -- Joel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
