matplotlib change?

[Michael F. Stemper]

On 2017-06-22 12:56, bill.janssen at gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 10:14:21 AM UTC-7, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
>> On 2017-06-22 09:50, breamoreboy at gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 3:33:36 PM UTC+1, Michael F. Stemper wrote:
>

>>>> Is it likely that the difference in plots due to something that
>>>> changed in matplotlib between 2.7.12 and 2.7.13? If so, is there
>>>> some argument that I could specify in one of the functions to
>>>> prevent this padding/margin/waste? Is there a separate function
>>>> to call?
>>>>
>>>> If the difference isn't due to a change in matplotlib, would it be
>>>> something OS-dependent? How can I track it down?
>>
>>> Id check to see which matplotlib versions you have rather than the Python version.  Either:-
>>
>> Okay, that was easy enough:

>>   >>> import matplotlib
>>   >>> matplotlib.__version__
>> '2.0.0'
>>   >>>
>>
>> What's my next step?

> There were a number of changes to line-drawing in the bump from 1 to 2 -- I found that some of them were not listed in the change notes.  It's worth reviewing https://matplotlib.org/users/dflt_style_changes.html#plotting-functions.

That nailed it! This section:
<https://matplotlib.org/users/dflt_style_changes.html#plot-layout>
addressed my exact problem.

(Unfortunately, the parameters are not back-compatible, but at least
I'll be ready when they upgrade the box where I usually work.)

Thanks for your help.

BTW, your name is familiar. Were you ever at PARC?

-- 
Michael F. Stemper
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