API: shrink default figure size

tacaswell · tacaswell · commit 82d2655c607e · 2016-04-11T15:27:51.000-04:00
downscale the figure size to account for the increase in DPI but keep
the default size of the figure (in pixels) the same.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'figure.titleweight': ['normal', six.text_type],
 
     # figure size in inches: width by height
-    'figure.figsize':    [[8.0, 6.0], validate_nseq_float(2)],
+    'figure.figsize':    [[6.4, 4.8], validate_nseq_float(2)],
     'figure.dpi':        [100, validate_float],  # DPI
     'figure.facecolor':  ['w', validate_color],  # facecolor; white
     'figure.edgecolor':  ['w', validate_color],  # edgecolor; white
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 # See http://matplotlib.org/api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure
 #figure.titlesize : medium     # size of the figure title
 #figure.titleweight : normal   # weight of the figure title
-#figure.figsize   : 8, 6    # figure size in inches
+#figure.figsize   : 6.4, 4.8   # figure size in inches
 #figure.dpi       : 100      # figure dots per inch
 #figure.facecolor : white   # figure facecolor; 0.75 is scalar gray
 #figure.edgecolor : white   # figure edgecolor
