Merge pull request #5333 from tacaswell/patch-2

mdboom · mdboom · commit 60ec100de7dd · 2015-10-27T15:10:25.000-04:00
Patch 2
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -3222,7 +3222,8 @@ def minorticks_on(self):
                 ax.set_minor_locator(mticker.LogLocator(s.base, s.subs))
             elif scale == 'symlog':
                 s = ax._scale
-                ax.set_minor_locator(mticker.SymLogLocator(s.base, s.subs))
+                ax.set_minor_locator(
+                    mticker.SymmetricalLogLocator(s.base, s.subs))
             else:
                 ax.set_minor_locator(mticker.AutoMinorLocator())
 
