added ticker fix for small ticks

jdh2358 · jdh2358 · commit 4cea7a5185e5 · 2005-03-17T02:58:32.000Z
svn path=/trunk/matplotlib/; revision=1082
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 New entries should be added at the top
 
-2005-03-16 Fixed tick on horiz colorbar
+2005-03-16 Applied Darren's ticker fix for small ranges - JDH
+
+2005-03-16 Fixed tick on horiz colorbar - JDH
 
 2005-03-16 Added Japanses winreg patch - JDH
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py b/lib/matplotlib/ticker.py
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ def lt(self, x):
     def le(self, x):
         'return the largest multiple of base <= x'
         d,m = divmod(x, self._base)
-        if closeto(m, self._base):
+        if closeto(m/self._base,1): # was closeto(m, self._base)
             #looks like floating point error
             return (d+1)*self._base
         else:
@@ -516,14 +516,11 @@ def gt(self, x):
         else:
             return (d+1)*self._base
 
-
-
     def ge(self, x):
         'return the largest multiple of base >= x'
         d,m = divmod(x, self._base)
-        if m==0: return x
+        if closeto(m,0) and not closeto(m/self._base,1): return x
         return (d+1)*self._base
-
     def get_base(self):
         return self._base
     
