warn on recipe aliases

src/args.jl

@@ -460,6 +460,24 @@ is_axis_attr_noletter(k) = haskey(_axis_defaults, k)
 
 RecipesBase.is_key_supported(k::Symbol) = is_attr_supported(k)
 
+const _internal_args =
+    [:plot_object, :series_plotindex, :markershape_to_add, :letter, :idxfilter]
+const _magic_axis_args = [:axis, :tickfont, :guidefont]
+const _magic_subplot_args = [:titlefont, :legendfont, :legendtitlefont, ]
+const _magic_series_args = [:line, :marker, :fill]
+
+function is_default_attribute(k::Symbol)
+    k in _internal_args && return true
+    k in _all_args && return true
+    is_axis_attr(k) && return true
+    is_axis_attr_noletter(k) && return true
+    k in _magic_axis_args && return true
+    k in _magic_subplot_args && return true
+    k in _magic_series_args && return true
+    Symbol(chop(string(k); head = 1, tail = 0)) in _magic_axis_args && return true
+    return false
+end
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 makeplural(s::Symbol) = Symbol(string(s,"s"))
@@ -1017,6 +1035,16 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW, replace_aliases = true)
             end
         end
     end
+    # handle axes guides
+    if haskey(plotattributes, :guide)
+        guide = pop!(plotattributes, :guide)
+        for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
+            guide_sym = Symbol(letter, :guide)
+            if !is_explicit(plotattributes, guide_sym)
+                plotattributes[guide_sym] = guide
+            end
+        end
+    end
 
     # handle line args
     for arg in wraptuple(pop_kw!(plotattributes, :line, ()))

src/pipeline.jl

@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
+# Error for aliases used in recipes
+function warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plotattributes, recipe_type, args...)
+    for k in keys(plotattributes)
+        if !is_default_attribute(k)
+            dk = get(_keyAliases, k, k)
+            if k !== dk
+                @warn "Attribute alias `$k` detected in the $recipe_type recipe defined for the signature $(signature_string(Val{recipe_type}, args...)). To ensure expected behavior it is recommended to use the default attribute `$dk`."
+            end
+            plotattributes[dk] = pop_kw!(plotattributes, k)
+        end
+    end
+end
+warn_on_recipe_aliases!(v::AbstractVector, recipe_type, args) =
+    foreach(x -> warn_on_recipe_aliases!(x, recipe_type, args), v)
+warn_on_recipe_aliases!(rd::RecipeData, recipe_type, args) =
+    warn_on_recipe_aliases!(rd.plotattributes, recipe_type, args)
 
+function signature_string(::Type{Val{:user}}, args...)
+    return string("(::", join(string.(typeof.(args)), ", ::"), ")")
+end
+signature_string(::Type{Val{:type}}, T) = "(::Type{$T}, ::$T)"
+signature_string(::Type{Val{:plot}}, st) = "(::Type{Val{:$st}}, ::AbstractPlot)"
+signature_string(::Type{Val{:series}}, st) = "(::Type{Val{:$st}}, x, y, z)"
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 # preprocessing
@@ -82,7 +104,11 @@ function _process_userrecipes(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW, args)
         if isempty(next_series.args)
             _process_userrecipe(plt, kw_list, next_series)
         else
-            rd_list = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(next_series.plotattributes, next_series.args...)
+            rd_list = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(
+                next_series.plotattributes,
+                next_series.args...
+            )
+            warn_on_recipe_aliases!(rd_list, :user, next_series.args)
             prepend!(still_to_process,rd_list)
         end
     end
@@ -184,6 +210,7 @@ function _process_plotrecipe(plt::Plot, kw::AKW, kw_list::Vector{KW}, still_to_p
         st = kw[:seriestype]
         st = kw[:seriestype] = get(_typeAliases, st, st)
         datalist = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(kw, Val{st}, plt)
+        warn_on_recipe_aliases!(datalist, :plot, st)
         for data in datalist
             preprocessArgs!(data.plotattributes, false)
             if data.plotattributes[:seriestype] == st
@@ -408,7 +435,9 @@ function _process_seriesrecipe(plt::Plot, plotattributes::AKW)
 
     else
         # get a sub list of series for this seriestype
-        datalist = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, Val{st}, plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y], plotattributes[:z])
+        x, y, z = plotattributes[:x], plotattributes[:y], plotattributes[:z]
+        datalist = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, Val{st}, x, y, z)
+        warn_on_recipe_aliases!(datalist, :series, st)
 
         # assuming there was no error, recursively apply the series recipes
         for data in datalist

src/recipes.jl

@@ -1261,8 +1261,8 @@ end
     yflip := true
     aspect_ratio := 1
     rs, cs, zs = findnz(z.surf)
-    xlim := ignorenan_extrema(cs)
+    xlims := ignorenan_extrema(cs)
-    ylim := ignorenan_extrema(rs)
+    ylims := ignorenan_extrema(rs)
     if plotattributes[:markershape] == :none
         markershape := :circle
     end

src/series.jl

@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ end
 function _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, v, letter)
     _preprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
     rdvec = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, typeof(v), v)
+    warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plotattributes, :type, typeof(v))
     _postprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
     return rdvec[1].args[1]
 end
@@ -189,11 +190,13 @@ function _apply_type_recipe(plotattributes, v::AbstractArray, letter)
     _preprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
     # First we try to apply an array type recipe.
     w = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, typeof(v), v)[1].args[1]
+    warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plotattributes, :type, typeof(v))
     # If the type did not change try it element-wise
     if typeof(v) == typeof(w)
         isempty(skipmissing(v)) && return Float64[]
         x = first(skipmissing(v))
         args = RecipesBase.apply_recipe(plotattributes, typeof(x), x)[1].args
+        warn_on_recipe_aliases!(plotattributes, :type, typeof(x))
         _postprocess_axis_args!(plotattributes, letter)
         if length(args) == 2 && all(arg -> arg isa Function, args)
             numfunc, formatter = args