Only do the strange autoscale on/off thing when doing a histogram bar plot

mdboom · mdboom · commit a129662c26ae · 2013-05-29T11:58:18.000-04:00
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
@@ -8293,14 +8293,6 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=10, range=None, normed=False, weights=None,
         else:
             w = [None]*nx
 
-        # Save autoscale state for later restoration; turn autoscaling
-        # off so we can do it all a single time at the end, instead
-        # of having it done by bar or fill and then having to be redone.
-        _saved_autoscalex = self.get_autoscalex_on()
-        _saved_autoscaley = self.get_autoscaley_on()
-        self.set_autoscalex_on(False)
-        self.set_autoscaley_on(False)
-
         # Save the datalimits for the same reason:
         _saved_bounds = self.dataLim.bounds
 
@@ -8358,6 +8350,14 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=10, range=None, normed=False, weights=None,
         patches = []
 
         if histtype.startswith('bar'):
+            # Save autoscale state for later restoration; turn autoscaling
+            # off so we can do it all a single time at the end, instead
+            # of having it done by bar or fill and then having to be redone.
+            _saved_autoscalex = self.get_autoscalex_on()
+            _saved_autoscaley = self.get_autoscaley_on()
+            self.set_autoscalex_on(False)
+            self.set_autoscaley_on(False)
+
             totwidth = np.diff(bins)
 
             if rwidth is not None:
@@ -8407,6 +8407,10 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=10, range=None, normed=False, weights=None,
                     bottom[:] = m
                 boffset += dw
 
+            self.set_autoscalex_on(_saved_autoscalex)
+            self.set_autoscaley_on(_saved_autoscaley)
+            self.autoscale_view()
+
         elif histtype.startswith('step'):
             # these define the perimeter of the polygon
             x = np.zeros(4 * len(bins) - 3, np.float)
@@ -8532,11 +8536,6 @@ def hist(self, x, bins=10, range=None, normed=False, weights=None,
                 self.update_datalim(
                     [(0, bins[0]), (0, bins[-1])], updatex=False)
 
-        self.set_autoscalex_on(_saved_autoscalex)
-        self.set_autoscaley_on(_saved_autoscaley)
-        self.relim()
-        self.autoscale_view()
-
         if nx == 1:
             return n[0], bins, cbook.silent_list('Patch', patches[0])
         else:
