fixes for ticks

src/args.jl

@@ -518,6 +518,12 @@ function preprocessArgs!(d::Dict)
       processAxisArg(d, axisletter, arg)
     end
     delete!(d, asym)
+
+    # turn :labels into :ticks_and_labels
+    tsym = symbol(axisletter * "ticks")
+    if haskey(d, tsym) && ticksType(d[tsym]) == :labels
+      d[tsym] = (1:length(d[tsym]), d[tsym])
+    end
   end
 
   # handle line args

src/backends/gadfly.jl

@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ function addGadflyTicksGuide(gplt, ticks, isx::Bool)
     gfunc = isx ? Gadfly.Scale.x_discrete : Gadfly.Scale.y_discrete
     labelmap = Dict(zip(ticks...))
     labelfunc = val -> labelmap[val]
-    push!(gplt.scales, gfunc(levels = ticks[1], labels = labelfunc))
+    push!(gplt.scales, gfunc(levels = collect(ticks[1]), labels = labelfunc))
 
   else
     error("Invalid input for $(isx ? "xticks" : "yticks"): ", ticks)

src/backends/plotly.jl

@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ function _initialize_backend(::PlotlyPackage; kw...)
     # end borrowing (thanks :)
     ###########################
 
-    # try
-    #   include(joinpath(Pkg.dir("Plots"), "src", "backends", "plotly_blink.jl"))
-    # catch err
-    #   warn("Error including PlotlyJS: $err\n  Note: Will fall back to built-in display.")
-    # end
   end
   # TODO: other initialization
 end

src/backends/pyplot.jl

@@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ function addPyPlotTicks(ax, ticks, isx::Bool)
   if ttype == :ticks
     ax[isx ? :set_xticks : :set_yticks](ticks)
   elseif ttype == :ticks_and_labels
-    ax[isx ? :set_xticks : :set_yticks](ticks...)
+    ax[isx ? :set_xticks : :set_yticks](ticks[1])
+    ax[isx ? :set_xticklabels : :set_yticklabels](ticks[2])
   else
     error("Invalid input for $(isx ? "xticks" : "yticks"): ", ticks)
   end

src/utils.jl

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ isscalar(::Any) = false
 
 # ticksType{T<:Real,S<:Real}(ticks::@compat(Tuple{T,S})) = :limits
 ticksType{T<:Real}(ticks::AVec{T}) = :ticks
+ticksType{T<:AbstractString}(ticks::AVec{T}) = :labels
 ticksType{T<:AVec,S<:AVec}(ticks::@compat(Tuple{T,S})) = :ticks_and_labels
 ticksType(ticks) = :invalid
 

test/imgcomp.jl

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ using Plots, FactCheck
 default(size=(500,300))
 
 
+# reference image directory setup
+_refdir = joinpath(Pkg.dir("ExamplePlots"), "test", "refimg", string(pkg))
+
 # TODO: use julia's Condition type and the wait() and notify() functions to initialize a Window, then wait() on a condition that 
 #       is referenced in a button press callback (the button clicked callback will call notify() on that condition)
 
@@ -37,23 +40,28 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = is
     png(fn)
   end
 
-  # reference image directory setup
-  refdir = joinpath(Pkg.dir("ExamplePlots"), "test", "refimg", string(pkg))
   try
-    run(`mkdir -p $refdir`)
+    run(`mkdir -p $(_refdir)`)
   catch err
     display(err)
   end
-  reffn = joinpath(refdir, "ref$idx.png")
+  reffn = joinpath(_refdir, "ref$idx.png")
 
   # the test
   vtest = VisualTest(func, reffn, idx)
   test_images(vtest, popup=popup, sigma=sigma, eps=eps)
 end
 
-function image_comparison_facts(pkg::Symbol; skip = [], debug = false, sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)
+function image_comparison_facts(pkg::Symbol;
+                                skip = [],      # skip these examples (int index)
+                                only = nothing, # limit to these examples (int index)
+                                debug = false,  # print debug information?
+                                sigma = [1,1],  # number of pixels to "blur"
+                                eps = 1e-2)     # acceptable error (percent)
   for i in 1:length(ExamplePlots._examples)
     i in skip && continue
-    @fact image_comparison_tests(pkg, i, debug=debug, sigma=sigma, eps=eps) |> success --> true
+    if only == nothing || i in only
+      @fact image_comparison_tests(pkg, i, debug=debug, sigma=sigma, eps=eps) |> success --> true
+    end
   end
 end