improvements to layout padding; handle axis attr better; fix histogram2d

src/backends.jl

@@ -57,13 +57,26 @@ _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot) = nothing
 title_padding(sp::Subplot) = sp[:title] == "" ? 0mm : sp[:titlefont].pointsize * pt
 guide_padding(axis::Axis) = axis[:guide] == "" ? 0mm : axis[:guidefont].pointsize * pt
 
+# TODO: this should account for both tick font and the size/length/rotation of tick labels
+function tick_padding(axis::Axis)
+    ptsz = axis[:tickfont].pointsize * pt
+    if axis[:ticks] in (nothing,false)
+        0mm
+    elseif axis[:letter] == :x
+        2mm + ptsz
+    else
+        8mm
+    end
+end
+
 # Set the (left, top, right, bottom) minimum padding around the plot area
 # to fit ticks, tick labels, guides, colorbars, etc.
 function _update_min_padding!(sp::Subplot)
-    leftpad   = 10mm + sp[:left_margin]   + guide_padding(sp[:yaxis])
+    # TODO: something different when `is3d(sp) == true`
-    toppad    =  2mm + sp[:top_margin]    + title_padding(sp)
+    leftpad   = tick_padding(sp[:yaxis]) + sp[:left_margin]   + guide_padding(sp[:yaxis])
-    rightpad  =  3mm + sp[:right_margin]
+    toppad    = sp[:top_margin]    + title_padding(sp)
-    bottompad =  5mm + sp[:bottom_margin] + guide_padding(sp[:xaxis])
+    rightpad  = sp[:right_margin]
+    bottompad = tick_padding(sp[:xaxis]) + sp[:bottom_margin] + guide_padding(sp[:xaxis])
     # @show (leftpad, toppad, rightpad, bottompad)
     sp.minpad = (leftpad, toppad, rightpad, bottompad)
 end

src/backends/pyplot.jl

@@ -1015,10 +1015,10 @@ function _update_min_padding!(sp::Subplot{PyPlotBackend})
     # TODO: this should initialize to the margin from sp.attr
     # figure out how much the axis components and title "stick out" from the plot area
     # leftpad = toppad = rightpad = bottompad = 1mm
-    leftpad   = sp[:left_margin]
+    leftpad   = 0mm
-    toppad    = sp[:top_margin]
+    toppad    = 0mm
-    rightpad  = sp[:right_margin]
+    rightpad  = 0mm
-    bottompad = sp[:bottom_margin]
+    bottompad = 0mm
     for bb in (py_bbox_axis(ax, "x"), py_bbox_axis(ax, "y"), py_bbox_title(ax))
         if ispositive(width(bb)) && ispositive(height(bb))
             leftpad   = max(leftpad,   left(plotbb) - left(bb))
@@ -1035,6 +1035,12 @@ function _update_min_padding!(sp::Subplot{PyPlotBackend})
         rightpad = rightpad + sp.attr[:cbar_width]
     end
 
+    # add in the user-specified margin
+    leftpad   += sp[:left_margin]
+    toppad    += sp[:top_margin]
+    rightpad  += sp[:right_margin]
+    bottompad += sp[:bottom_margin]
+
     sp.minpad = (leftpad, toppad, rightpad, bottompad)
 end
 

src/plot.jl

@@ -490,13 +490,16 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args...)
         sp = get_subplot(plt, cycle(sps == :auto ? plt.subplots : plt.subplots[sps], command_idx(kw_list,kw)))
         kw[:subplot] = sp
 
+        # extract subplot/axis attributes from kw and add to sp_attr
         attr = KW()
         for (k,v) in kw
-            for defdict in (_subplot_defaults,
+            if haskey(_subplot_defaults, k) || haskey(_axis_defaults_byletter, k)
-                            _axis_defaults,
+                attr[k] = pop!(kw, k)
-                            _axis_defaults_byletter)
+            end
-                if haskey(defdict, k)
+            if haskey(_axis_defaults, k)
-                    attr[k] = pop!(kw, k)
+                v = pop!(kw, k)
+                for letter in (:x,:y,:z)
+                    attr[Symbol(letter,k)] = v
                 end
             end
         end

src/recipes.jl

@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ function my_hist_2d(x, y, bins; normed = false, weights = nothing)
     xedges, yedges, counts ./ norm_denom
 end
 
-centers(v::AVec) = v[1] + cumsum(diff(v))
+centers(v::AVec) = 0.5 * (v[1:end-1] + v[2:end])
 
 @recipe function f(::Type{Val{:histogram2d}}, x, y, z)
     xedges, yedges, counts = my_hist_2d(x, y, d[:bins],