[Matplotlib-devel] matplotlib versus Matplotlib?

Thomas Caswell tcaswell at gmail.com
Wed Jan 4 22:00:01 EST 2017


Due to some off-line discussions, the consensus seems to be on Matplotlib
in text.

Tom

On Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 3:34 AM Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Nelle Varoquaux
> <nelle.varoquaux at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > important question of the day… Is it matplotlib or Matplotlib?
> > I remember having this discussion with Mike at scipy 2013 and I sort
> > of recall that matplotlib was the correct capitalization.
> > I personally much prefer Matplotlib, but either way, we should make a
> > decision and stick to it.
> >
> > The 2005 paper (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2005ASPC..347...91B)
> > seems to point with lower case matplotlib.
>
> I believe standard grammatical rules would suggest Matplotlib, as it's
> a proper noun.
>
> Best,
>
> Matthew
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