Grey solid tick lines

mdboom · mdboom · commit 38d4e31f7cc5 · 2016-01-25T17:28:12.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'verbose.fileo': ['sys.stdout', six.text_type],
 
     # line props
-    'lines.linewidth':       [1.0, validate_float],  # line width in points
+    'lines.linewidth':       [2.5, validate_float],  # line width in points
     'lines.linestyle':       ['-', six.text_type],             # solid line
     'lines.color':           ['b', validate_color],  # blue
     'lines.marker':          ['None', six.text_type],     # black
@@ -1096,9 +1096,9 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'ytick.labelsize':   ['medium', validate_fontsize],
     'ytick.direction':   ['in', six.text_type],            # direction of yticks
 
-    'grid.color':        ['k', validate_color],       # grid color
-    'grid.linestyle':    [':', six.text_type],       # dotted
-    'grid.linewidth':    [0.5, validate_float],     # in points
+    'grid.color':        ['#b0b0b0', validate_color],  # grid color
+    'grid.linestyle':    ['-', six.text_type],      # solid
+    'grid.linewidth':    [1.0, validate_float],     # in points
     'grid.alpha':        [1.0, validate_float],
 
 
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 ### LINES
 # See http://matplotlib.org/api/artist_api.html#module-matplotlib.lines for more
 # information on line properties.
-#lines.linewidth   : 1.0     # line width in points
+#lines.linewidth   : 2.0     # line width in points
 #lines.linestyle   : -       # solid line
 #lines.color       : blue    # has no affect on plot(); see axes.prop_cycle
 #lines.marker      : None    # the default marker
@@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 
 
 ### GRIDS
-#grid.color       :   black   # grid color
-#grid.linestyle   :   :       # dotted
-#grid.linewidth   :   0.5     # in points
-#grid.alpha       :   1.0     # transparency, between 0.0 and 1.0
+#grid.color       :   '#b0b0b0' # grid color
+#grid.linestyle   :   -         # solid
+#grid.linewidth   :   1.0       # in points
+#grid.alpha       :   1.0       # transparency, between 0.0 and 1.0
 
 ### Legend
 #legend.fancybox      : False  # if True, use a rounded box for the
