[matplotlib-devel] should set_xlim turn off x autoscaling?

2010-06-27 Thread Eric Firing
The present behavior of set_xlim and set_ylim can be surprising because making the values stick for subsequent plotting in the same axes requires manually calling set_autoscalex_on(False) etc. It would seem more logical if set_xlim itself included the call to turn autoscalex off--isn't that wh

Re: [matplotlib-devel] should set_xlim turn off x autoscaling?

2010-06-27 Thread Paul Barrett
Seems like a reasonable request to me. When I use xlim to specify the axes in a plot session, I tend to use it multiple times. Therefore this default behaviour would seem reasonable. On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Eric Firing wrote: > The present behavior of set_xlim and set_ylim can be surpri