some fixes for subplots and imgcmp

src/args.jl

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ _plotDefaults[:yticks]            = :auto
 _plotDefaults[:xscale]            = :identity
 _plotDefaults[:yscale]            = :identity
 _plotDefaults[:xflip]             = false
-_plotDefaults[:yflip]             = true
+_plotDefaults[:yflip]             = false
 _plotDefaults[:size]              = (600,400)
 _plotDefaults[:pos]               = (0,0)
 _plotDefaults[:windowtitle]       = "Plots.jl"

src/backends/gadfly.jl

@@ -398,9 +398,9 @@ end
 function updateGadflyPlotTheme(plt::Plot, d::Dict)
   kwargs = Dict()
 
-  # get the full initargs, overriding any new settings
-  # TODO: should this be part of the main `plot` command in plot.jl???
-  d = merge!(plt.initargs, d)
+  # # get the full initargs, overriding any new settings
+  # # TODO: should this be part of the main `plot` command in plot.jl???
+  # d = merge!(plt.initargs, d)
 
   # hide the legend?
   if !get(d, :legend, true)

src/colors.jl

@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ convertColor(c::@compat(Union{AbstractString, Symbol})) = parse(Colorant, string
 convertColor(c::Colorant) = c
 convertColor(cvec::AbstractVector) = map(convertColor, cvec)
 
+# backup... try to convert
+getColor(c) = convertColor(c)
+
 # --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 abstract ColorScheme

src/plot.jl

@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ function plot!(plt::Plot, args...; kw...)
   dumpdict(d, "Updating plot items")
 
   # add title, axis labels, ticks, etc
-  updatePlotItems(plt, d)
+  if !haskey(d, :subplot)
+    d = merge!(plt.initargs, d)
+    updatePlotItems(plt, d)
+  end
   current(plt)
 
   # NOTE: lets ignore the show param and effectively use the semicolon at the end of the REPL statement

src/subplot.jl

@@ -288,7 +288,12 @@ function postprocessSubplot(subplt::Subplot, d::Dict)
 
   # add title, axis labels, ticks, etc
   for (i,plt) in enumerate(subplt.plts)
-    di = copy(d)
+    # di = copy(d)
+
+    # get the full initargs, overriding any new settings
+    # TODO: should this be part of the main `plot` command in plot.jl???
+    di = merge!(plt.initargs, copy(d))
+
     for (k,v) in di
       if typeof(v) <: AVec
         di[k] = v[mod1(i, length(v))]

test/imgcomp.jl

@@ -126,14 +126,16 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, sigma = [1
     # run the comparison test... a difference will throw an error
     # NOTE: sigma is a 2-length vector with x/y values for the number of pixels
     #       to blur together when comparing images
-    Images.test_approx_eq_sigma_eps(tmpimg, refimg, sigma, eps)
+    diffpct = Images.test_approx_eq_sigma_eps(tmpimg, refimg, sigma, eps)
 
     # we passed!
-    info("Reference image $reffn matches")
+    info("Reference image $reffn matches.  Difference: $diffpct")
     return true
 
-  catch ex
-    warn("Image did not match reference image $reffn. err: $ex")
+  catch err
+    warn("Image did not match reference image $reffn. err: $err")
+    showerror(Base.STDERR, err)
+    
     if isinteractive()
 
       # if we're in interactive mode, open a popup and give us a chance to examine the images
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, sigma = [1
     else
 
       # if we rejected the image, or if we're in automated tests, throw the error
-      rethrow(ex)
+      rethrow(err)
     end
 
   end

test/runtests.jl

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ srand(1234)
     # plot(x::AMat, y::AMat; kw...)              # multiple lines (one per column of x/y... will assert size(x) == size(y))
     @fact plot!(rand(10,3), rand(10,3)) --> not(nothing)
 
-    image_comparison_tests(:gadfly, skip=[19], eps=1e-2)
+    image_comparison_tests(:gadfly, skip=[4,19], eps=1e-2)
 
   end
 # catch err