From 74093a61affb0b70ff0ca74a25fda5f1fc610200 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pwuertz <pwuertz@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:00:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fixed conversion from pt to inch in tight_layout

---
 lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py b/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py
index b1cca6b9e5a8..ea9e6739aece 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ def auto_adjust_subplotpars(fig, renderer,
 
     rows, cols = nrows_ncols
 
-    pad_inches = pad * FontProperties(size=rcParams["font.size"]).get_size_in_points() / renderer.dpi
+    pad_inches = pad * FontProperties(size=rcParams["font.size"]).get_size_in_points() / 72.
 
     if h_pad is not None:
-        vpad_inches = h_pad * FontProperties(size=rcParams["font.size"]).get_size_in_points() / renderer.dpi
+        vpad_inches = h_pad * FontProperties(size=rcParams["font.size"]).get_size_in_points() / 72.
     else:
         vpad_inches = pad_inches
 
     if w_pad is not None:
-        hpad_inches = w_pad * FontProperties(size=rcParams["font.size"]).get_size_in_points() / renderer.dpi
+        hpad_inches = w_pad * FontProperties(size=rcParams["font.size"]).get_size_in_points() / 72.
     else:
         hpad_inches = pad_inches
 

From 754535bd7ff9c2637ca22dc4149636e95b352a8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pwuertz <pwuertz@googlemail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:00:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] restore previous tight_layout padding results by
 correcting the defaults

---
 lib/matplotlib/figure.py                 | 2 +-
 lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py               | 2 +-
 lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py                 | 2 +-
 lib/matplotlib/tests/test_tightlayout.py | 4 ++--
 lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py           | 4 ++--
 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
index 27a7f549a7fe..a9c0b3300f69 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ def get_tightbbox(self, renderer):
 
         return bbox_inches
 
-    def tight_layout(self, renderer=None, pad=1.2, h_pad=None, w_pad=None, rect=None):
+    def tight_layout(self, renderer=None, pad=1.08, h_pad=None, w_pad=None, rect=None):
         """
         Adjust subplot parameters to give specified padding.
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py b/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
index 4476ee1830a9..d202af518b9b 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/gridspec.py
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def locally_modified_subplot_params(self):
         return [k for k in self._AllowedKeys if getattr(self, k)]
 
 
-    def tight_layout(self, fig, renderer=None, pad=1.2, h_pad=None, w_pad=None, rect=None):
+    def tight_layout(self, fig, renderer=None, pad=1.08, h_pad=None, w_pad=None, rect=None):
         """
         Adjust subplot parameters to give specified padding.
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
index 596a5446d119..07541612f5bd 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ def subplot_tool(targetfig=None):
 
 
 
-def tight_layout(pad=1.2, h_pad=None, w_pad=None, rect=None):
+def tight_layout(pad=1.08, h_pad=None, w_pad=None, rect=None):
     """
     Adjust subplot parameters to give specified padding.
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_tightlayout.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_tightlayout.py
index e0bdea662454..076205e9dec2 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_tightlayout.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_tightlayout.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def test_tight_layout6():
 
     ax.set_xlabel("x-label", fontsize=12)
 
-    gs2.tight_layout(fig, rect=[0.5, 0, 1, 1], h_pad=0.5)
+    gs2.tight_layout(fig, rect=[0.5, 0, 1, 1], h_pad=0.45)
 
     top = min(gs1.top, gs2.top)
     bottom = max(gs1.bottom, gs2.bottom)
@@ -119,5 +119,5 @@ def test_tight_layout6():
                                 0.5, 1 - (gs1.top-top)])
     gs2.tight_layout(fig, rect=[0.5, 0 + (bottom-gs2.bottom),
                                 None, 1 - (gs2.top-top)],
-                     h_pad=0.5)
+                     h_pad=0.45)
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py b/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py
index ea9e6739aece..5a39e3f483d5 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tight_layout.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def auto_adjust_subplotpars(fig, renderer,
                             num1num2_list,
                             subplot_list,
                             ax_bbox_list=None,
-                            pad=1.2, h_pad=None, w_pad=None,
+                            pad=1.08, h_pad=None, w_pad=None,
                             rect=None):
     """
     Return a dictionary of subplot parameters so that spacing between
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def get_renderer(fig):
 
 
 def get_tight_layout_figure(fig, axes_list, renderer,
-                            pad=1.2, h_pad=None, w_pad=None, rect=None):
+                            pad=1.08, h_pad=None, w_pad=None, rect=None):
     """
     return subplot parameters for tigh-layouted- figure with
     specified padding.