On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Eric Firing <ef...@ha...> wrote: > On 09/27/2010 03:46 AM, Dieter Weber wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm using matplotlib embedded in my wxpython application and needed to > > give users a quick way to relimit a figure, for example after removing a > > line from a plot. Therefore I added a button to the toolbar. Do you > > think it would make sense to include this in matplotlib by default? > > I don't think it would. The standard toolbar is for typical interactive > use, where I don't think the relimit functionality is needed often > enough to justify having its own button--if at all. Better to keep that > toolbar simple. > > Eric > > Just playing devil's advocate here... Considering how we can now have multiple show() calls and with the upcoming ipython looking more and more spiffy, could there be a future use case for this toolbar button? On the other hand, how would the inclusion of this button impact users of other interactive scripts that have added their own buttons? I mean, planning for the future, can it be definitively said that matplotlib will never add anymore toolbar buttons? Could developers rely on that real estate not being taken over by rule of "eminent domain", if you will? Ben Root