Don't plot errorbar caps by default

mdboom · mdboom · commit 87ba8b08e1de · 2016-01-25T17:28:12.000-05:00
Fix #5047
diff --git a/examples/pylab_examples/errorbar_limits.py b/examples/pylab_examples/errorbar_limits.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 x = np.arange(10.0)
 y = np.sin(np.arange(10.0)/20.0*np.pi)
 
-plt.errorbar(x, y, yerr=0.1, capsize=3)
+plt.errorbar(x, y, yerr=0.1)
 
 y = np.sin(np.arange(10.0)/20.0*np.pi) + 1
 plt.errorbar(x, y, yerr=0.1, uplims=True)
diff --git a/examples/statistics/errorbar_limits.py b/examples/statistics/errorbar_limits.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 uplims[[3]] = True
 plt.errorbar(x, y + 2.1, marker='o', ms=8, xerr=xerr, yerr=yerr,
              xlolims=xlolims, xuplims=xuplims, uplims=uplims, lolims=lolims,
-             ls='none', mec='blue', capsize=0, color='cyan')
+             ls='none', mec='blue', color='cyan')
 
 ax.set_xlim((0, 5.5))
 ax.set_title('Errorbar upper and lower limits')
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py b/lib/matplotlib/rcsetup.py
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ def validate_hist_bins(s):
     'contour.corner_mask':        [True, validate_corner_mask],
 
     # errorbar props
-    'errorbar.capsize':      [3, validate_float],
+    'errorbar.capsize':      [0, validate_float],
 
     # axes props
     'axes.axisbelow':        [False, validate_bool],
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 #contour.corner_mask        : True   # True | False | legacy
 
 ### ERRORBAR PLOTS
-#errorbar.capsize : 3             # length of end cap on error bars in pixels
+#errorbar.capsize : 0             # length of end cap on error bars in pixels
 
 ### HISTOGRAM PLOTS
 #hist.bins : 10                   # The default number of histogram bins.
