Unify "blank space" and "white space" to "space".

anntzer · anntzer · commit a6b053c458ad · 2018-01-10T23:37:38.000-08:00
Note that there are many usages of "whitespace" elsewhere that are left
unchanged, as I believe they generally make sentences clearer.
diff --git a/doc/faq/howto_faq.rst b/doc/faq/howto_faq.rst
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ The other parameters you can configure are, with their defaults
 *top* = 0.9
     the top of the subplots of the figure
 *wspace* = 0.2
-    the amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots,
+    the amount of width reserved for space between subplots,
     expressed as a fraction of the average axis width
 *hspace* = 0.2
-    the amount of height reserved for white space between subplots,
+    the amount of height reserved for space between subplots,
     expressed as a fraction of the average axis height
 
 If you want additional control, you can create an
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ def __init__(self, left=None, bottom=None, right=None, top=None,
             The top of the subplots of the figure
 
         wspace : 0.2
-            The amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots,
+            The amount of width reserved for space between subplots,
             expressed as a fraction of the average axis width
 
         hspace : 0.2
-            The amount of height reserved for white space between subplots,
+            The amount of height reserved for space between subplots,
             expressed as a fraction of the average axis height
         """
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/_classic_test.mplstyle b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/_classic_test.mplstyle
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ figure.subplot.left    : 0.125  # the left side of the subplots of the figure
 figure.subplot.right   : 0.9    # the right side of the subplots of the figure
 figure.subplot.bottom  : 0.1    # the bottom of the subplots of the figure
 figure.subplot.top     : 0.9    # the top of the subplots of the figure
-figure.subplot.wspace  : 0.2    # the amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots,
+figure.subplot.wspace  : 0.2    # the amount of width reserved for space between subplots,
                                 # expressed as a fraction of the average axis width
-figure.subplot.hspace  : 0.2    # the amount of height reserved for white space between subplots,
+figure.subplot.hspace  : 0.2    # the amount of height reserved for space between subplots,
                                 # expressed as a fraction of the average axis height
 
 ### IMAGES
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle b/lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/stylelib/classic.mplstyle
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ figure.subplot.left    : 0.125  # the left side of the subplots of the figure
 figure.subplot.right   : 0.9    # the right side of the subplots of the figure
 figure.subplot.bottom  : 0.1    # the bottom of the subplots of the figure
 figure.subplot.top     : 0.9    # the top of the subplots of the figure
-figure.subplot.wspace  : 0.2    # the amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots,
+figure.subplot.wspace  : 0.2    # the amount of width reserved for space between subplots,
                                 # expressed as a fraction of the average axis width
-figure.subplot.hspace  : 0.2    # the amount of height reserved for white space between subplots,
+figure.subplot.hspace  : 0.2    # the amount of height reserved for space between subplots,
                                 # expressed as a fraction of the average axis height
 
 ### IMAGES
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1309,9 +1309,9 @@ def subplots_adjust(*args, **kwargs):
       right = 0.9    # the right side of the subplots of the figure
       bottom = 0.1   # the bottom of the subplots of the figure
       top = 0.9      # the top of the subplots of the figure
-      wspace = 0.2   # the amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots,
+      wspace = 0.2   # the amount of width reserved for space between subplots,
                      # expressed as a fraction of the average axis width
-      hspace = 0.2   # the amount of height reserved for white space between subplots,
+      hspace = 0.2   # the amount of height reserved for space between subplots,
                      # expressed as a fraction of the average axis height
 
     The actual defaults are controlled by the rc file
diff --git a/matplotlibrc.template b/matplotlibrc.template
@@ -442,9 +442,9 @@ backend      : $TEMPLATE_BACKEND
 #figure.subplot.right   : 0.9    # the right side of the subplots of the figure
 #figure.subplot.bottom  : 0.11    # the bottom of the subplots of the figure
 #figure.subplot.top     : 0.88    # the top of the subplots of the figure
-#figure.subplot.wspace  : 0.2    # the amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots,
+#figure.subplot.wspace  : 0.2    # the amount of width reserved for space between subplots,
                                  # expressed as a fraction of the average axis width
-#figure.subplot.hspace  : 0.2    # the amount of height reserved for white space between subplots,
+#figure.subplot.hspace  : 0.2    # the amount of height reserved for space between subplots,
                                  # expressed as a fraction of the average axis height
 
 
