Change default image interpolation to nearest

jenshnielsen · mdboom · commit 65b36549f48c · 2016-01-04T10:04:48.000-05:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'mathtext.fallback_to_cm': [True, validate_bool],
 
     'image.aspect':        ['equal', validate_aspect],  # equal, auto, a number
-    'image.interpolation': ['bilinear', six.text_type],
+    'image.interpolation': ['nearest', six.text_type],
     'image.cmap':          ['jet', six.text_type],        # one of gray, jet, etc
     'image.lut':           [256, validate_int],  # lookup table
     'image.origin':        ['upper', six.text_type],  # lookup table
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ backend      : %(backend)s
 
 ### IMAGES
 #image.aspect : equal             # equal | auto | a number
-#image.interpolation  : bilinear  # see help(imshow) for options
+#image.interpolation  : nearest   # see help(imshow) for options
 #image.cmap   : jet               # gray | jet etc...
 #image.lut    : 256               # the size of the colormap lookup table
 #image.origin : upper             # lower | upper
