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John Hunter wrote:
>>>>>>"Eric" == Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> writes:
> 
> 
> Eric> The rc file is already pretty big--we might instead consider
> Eric> making axisbelow(True) the hardwired default. It seems
> 
> I already committed this change, but your comments on bloating rc
> files are well taken.
> 
> Eric> logical to me. It would be good to hear from others--are
> Eric> there people who like the present default and/or prefer
> Eric> adding this option to the rc collection?
> 
> Eric> Looking at the code a little more, I wonder whether the best
> Eric> way to handle this might not be by taking advantage of
> Eric> zorder more consistently. I think we could spread out the
> Eric> default zorders, assign a suitable zorder to the axis
> 
> They don't need to be spread out per say, since these are floats we
> can subdivide them ad nauseaum. Helper functions would make this more
> intuitive, like
> 
> myobj.set_zorder(zhelper.between(gridline, myline))
Agreed.
Unless someone else would like to do it, I think I can work on this 
fairly soon, before or after I finish the work I am doing now on a new 
colorbar.
> 
> Eric> I think this could make the code and interface simpler, more
> Eric> self-consistent, and more flexible. (My remarks are based
> Eric> on only a quick look, so I may be missing something
> Eric> important.)
> 
> But people will still want to set defaults...
Granted, and this flexibility is good.
Eric

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> writes:
 Eric> The rc file is already pretty big--we might instead consider
 Eric> making axisbelow(True) the hardwired default. It seems
I already committed this change, but your comments on bloating rc
files are well taken.
 Eric> logical to me. It would be good to hear from others--are
 Eric> there people who like the present default and/or prefer
 Eric> adding this option to the rc collection?
 Eric> Looking at the code a little more, I wonder whether the best
 Eric> way to handle this might not be by taking advantage of
 Eric> zorder more consistently. I think we could spread out the
 Eric> default zorders, assign a suitable zorder to the axis
They don't need to be spread out per say, since these are floats we
can subdivide them ad nauseaum. Helper functions would make this more
intuitive, like
 myobj.set_zorder(zhelper.between(gridline, myline))
 Eric> I think this could make the code and interface simpler, more
 Eric> self-consistent, and more flexible. (My remarks are based
 Eric> on only a quick look, so I may be missing something
 Eric> important.)
But people will still want to set defaults...
JDH

Robert Hetland wrote:
> 
> On May 7, 2006, at 11:15 PM, Vineet Jain wrote:
> 
>>
>>> ax.set_axisbelow(True)
> 
> 
> Is there a way to set this in the rc file? axisbelow(True) would be my 
> default preference.
> 
> -Rob.
The rc file is already pretty big--we might instead consider making 
axisbelow(True) the hardwired default. It seems logical to me. It 
would be good to hear from others--are there people who like the present 
default and/or prefer adding this option to the rc collection?
Looking at the code a little more, I wonder whether the best way to 
handle this might not be by taking advantage of zorder more 
consistently. I think we could spread out the default zorders, assign a 
suitable zorder to the axis artists, add those artists to the artists 
list in the axes.draw method, and then let the zorder take care of the 
rest automatically. This way we could ensure a logical default order: 
image, all patch-like things, axis grids, all line-like things; and if 
anyone wanted to change the order, it could be done easily via setting 
selected zorder values. If necessary, convenience functions could be 
used for setting zorder without the user having to know which numerical 
values were assigned for which types of object.
I think this could make the code and interface simpler, more 
self-consistent, and more flexible. (My remarks are based on only a 
quick look, so I may be missing something important.)
Eric

On May 7, 2006, at 11:15 PM, Vineet Jain wrote:
>
>> ax.set_axisbelow(True)
Is there a way to set this in the rc file? axisbelow(True) would be 
my default preference.
-Rob.
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I'm trying to be a good kid and not just install the Matplotlib
package in the Sid (unstable) tree on my Sarge (stable) laptop.
I got some error messages when trying to build a 'backport' to
Debian Sarge (stable) from the source package.
Anyone done this? Please advise.
Chris
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> ax.set_axisbelow(True)
Thanks a lot. That fixed the problem.
VJ