[DOC] Clarify some tick-related docstrings #26619
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Um bunch of comments trying to make things more explicit while also balancing conciseness. I also think a good follow up could be an example showing what all these mean. kinda like https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/gallery/subplots_axes_and_figures/axis_equal_demo.html
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| This affects the tick components (tick markers, tick labels, grid lines), the | ||
| axis lines (spines) and the axis labels. |
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| This affects the tick components (tick markers, tick labels, grid lines), the | |
| axis lines (spines) and the axis labels. | |
| This removes the axis labels, axis spines, and the axis tick components, which are the tick markers, tick labels, and grid lines. |
removing parenthesis and I think spine is fine in context
| 'square' Square plot; similar to 'scaled', but initially forcing | ||
| ``xmax-xmin == ymax-ymin``. |
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should this maybe be moved under scaled then?
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As above: scaling is not in the scope of the PR
| Additionally, further autoscaling will be disabled. | ||
| 'tight' Set limits just large enough to show all data, then | ||
| disable further autoscaling. | ||
| 'auto' Automatic scaling (fill plot box with data). |
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what does fill plot box (Axes?) with data mean?
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As above: scaling is not in the scope of the PR
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| @@ -2090,7 +2090,7 @@ def _set_tick_locations(self, ticks, *, minor=False): | |||
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| def set_ticks(self, ticks, labels=None, *, minor=False, **kwargs): | |||
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| Set this Axis' tick locations and optionally labels. | |||
| Set this Axis' tick locations and optionally tick labels. | |||
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The function is then Axes.set_yticks. While "y" is in the function name, it's nice to mention the axis in the docstring explicitly, because Axes has more than one axis.
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| 'on' or `True` Do not hide all axis decorations, i.e. axis labels, spines, | ||
| tick marks, tick labels, and grid lines. | ||
| This is the same as `~.Axes.set_axis_on()`. | ||
| 'off' or `False` Hide all axis decorations, i.e. axis labels, spines, | ||
| tick marks, tick labels, and grid lines. | ||
| This is the same as `~.Axes.set_axis_off()`. |
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| 'on' or `True` Do not hide all axis decorations, i.e. axis labels, spines, | |
| tick marks, tick labels, and grid lines. | |
| This is the same as `~.Axes.set_axis_on()`. | |
| 'off' or `False` Hide all axis decorations, i.e. axis labels, spines, | |
| tick marks, tick labels, and grid lines. | |
| This is the same as `~.Axes.set_axis_off()`. | |
| 'off' or `False` Hide all axis decorations, i.e. axis labels, spines, | |
| tick marks, tick labels, and grid lines. | |
| This is the same as `~.Axes.set_axis_off()`. | |
| 'on' or `True` Do not hide axis decorations, i.e. axis labels, spines, | |
| tick marks, tick labels, and grid lines. | |
| This is the same as `~.Axes.set_axis_on()`. | |
partly b/c off is more commonly used, partly b/c 'do not hide all' is doing something strange where it can still mean 'hide some' -which is true but not what the sentence is trying to say, so it's maybe clearer if set up as a contrast to 'off'
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| This affects the axis lines, ticks, ticklabels, grid and axis labels. | ||
| This is an Axes-wide setting to suppress drawing of all axis decorations, i.e. |
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| This is an Axes-wide setting to suppress drawing of all axis decorations, i.e. | |
| This setting suppresses drawing of all axis decorations, i.e. |
per convo w/ @QuLogic, I don't think the term Axes-wide adds anything so I'd rather we not create a new term.
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…619-on-v3.8.x Backport PR #26619 on branch v3.8.x ([DOC] Clarify some tick-related docstrings)
Inspired by #26612.