Re: [matplotlib-devel] Improve ticks with an offset readability

2009-11-17 Thread Gökhan Sever
You are right Francisco. I was misinterpreting, and probably not having an "x" is not an issue. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Francisco de la Peña < delap...@lps.u-psud.fr> wrote: > Hi Gökhan, > > I think that we are understanding differently the notation (what would mean > that it is indeed c

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Improve ticks with an offset readability

2009-11-17 Thread Francisco de la Peña
Hi Gökhan, I think that we are understanding differently the notation (what would mean that it is indeed confusing). For me 1e-10+3.207e-5 means: "to get your value read the figure from the axis, multiply it by 1e-10 and add 3.207e-5". The source of the confusion could be a missing "x" in front of

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Improve ticks with an offset readability

2009-11-17 Thread Gökhan Sever
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Francisco de la Peña < delap...@lps.u-psud.fr> wrote: > Hi Gökhan, > > I tried your example and I couldn't find anything wrong with the offset > there. However, I agree that this particular mixture of scientific notation > and offset looks confusing. Maybe in that

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Improve ticks with an offset readability

2009-11-17 Thread Francisco de la Peña
Hi Gökhan, I tried your example and I couldn't find anything wrong with the offset there. However, I agree that this particular mixture of scientific notation and offset looks confusing. Maybe in that case it will be better to write: x1e-10+320700e-10 . Is it what you mean? Cheers, Francisco El

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Improve ticks with an offset readability

2009-11-16 Thread Gökhan Sever
2009/11/15 Francisco Javier de la Peña > Hi, > > I find it difficult to read the values of an axis when the offset is > active. The problem is that many time I find myself doing calculations like > -1.2345e2-0.048 to find out the value of the tick. I send enclosed a patch > and a test file to, in

[matplotlib-devel] Improve ticks with an offset readability

2009-11-15 Thread Francisco Javier de la Peña
Hi, I find it difficult to read the values of an axis when the offset is active. The problem is that many time I find myself doing calculations like -1.2345e2-0.048 to find out the value of the tick. I send enclosed a patch and a test file to, in my opinion, improve the readability of the ticks wi