Simplify linestyle and fillstyle reference docs.

anntzer · anntzer · commit 82bbe9c8cef7 · 2018-08-21T23:45:25.000+02:00
I don't know what's up with "cornflowerblue" but "tab:blue" is just as
good :)
diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/line_styles_reference.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/line_styles_reference.py
@@ -5,29 +5,21 @@
 
 Reference for line-styles included with Matplotlib.
 """
+
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 
-color = 'cornflowerblue'
-points = np.ones(5)  # Draw 5 points for each line
-text_style = dict(horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='center',
-                  fontsize=12, fontdict={'family': 'monospace'})
-
-
-def format_axes(ax):
-    ax.margins(0.2)
-    ax.set_axis_off()
-
-
 # Plot all line styles.
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 
 linestyles = ['-', '--', '-.', ':']
 for y, linestyle in enumerate(linestyles):
-    ax.text(-0.1, y, repr(linestyle), **text_style)
-    ax.plot(y * points, linestyle=linestyle, color=color, linewidth=3)
-    format_axes(ax)
-    ax.set_title('line styles')
+    ax.text(-0.1, y, repr(linestyle),
+            horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='center')
+    ax.plot([y, y], linestyle=linestyle, linewidth=3, color='tab:blue')
+
+ax.set_axis_off()
+ax.set_title('line styles')
 
 plt.show()
diff --git a/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/marker_fillstyle_reference.py b/examples/lines_bars_and_markers/marker_fillstyle_reference.py
@@ -9,30 +9,25 @@
 :doc:`/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/marker_fillstyle_reference`
 and :doc:`/gallery/shapes_and_collections/marker_path` examples.
 """
+
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib.lines import Line2D
 
 
-points = np.ones(5)  # Draw 3 points for each line
-text_style = dict(horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='center',
-                  fontsize=12, fontdict={'family': 'monospace'})
-marker_style = dict(color='cornflowerblue', linestyle=':', marker='o',
-                    markersize=15, markerfacecoloralt='gray')
-
-
-def format_axes(ax):
-    ax.margins(0.2)
-    ax.set_axis_off()
-
+points = np.ones(5)  # Draw 5 points for each line
+marker_style = dict(color='tab:blue', linestyle=':', marker='o',
+                    markersize=15, markerfacecoloralt='tab:red')
 
 fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 
 # Plot all fill styles.
 for y, fill_style in enumerate(Line2D.fillStyles):
-    ax.text(-0.5, y, repr(fill_style), **text_style)
+    ax.text(-0.5, y, repr(fill_style),
+            horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='center')
     ax.plot(y * points, fillstyle=fill_style, **marker_style)
-    format_axes(ax)
-    ax.set_title('fill style')
+
+ax.set_axis_off()
+ax.set_title('fill style')
 
 plt.show()
